THE SCIENCE OF 

PALMISTRY 

A.NT> ITS RELATIONS TO 

ASTROLOGY and 

PHRENOLOGY 



by Irene Smith 

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PT7BLISHB3r> ST 

IRENE SMITH 

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Dedication. 

To all brave souls who are seeking to solve 
the riddle of life, and thereby build up a 
higher civilization, do I lovingly dedicate this 
work of my heart, head and hand, hoping it 
will meet with your kind approval, and be of 
the same value to you it has been to me. 



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CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER PAGfe 

I. Introduction 7 

II. What are Signs of the Zodiac? 10 

III. The Elements, Systems and 
Temperaments of Grand Man 13 

IV. Aries 17 

V. Taurus 19 

VI. Gemini 21 

VII. Cancer 24 

VIII. Leo 27 

IX. Virgo 29 

X. Libra 31 

XI. Scorpio 34 

XII. Sagittarius 36 

XIII. Capricorn 39 

XIV. Aquarius 42 

XV. Pisces 45 

XVI. Why Should We Learn the 

Signs of the Zodiac? 48 

XVII. The Planets 50 

XVIII- The Two Brain Centers 53 

XIX . The Duality of Forces 56 

XX. The Head and Its Relation 

to the Hand 66 

XXI. The Structure of the Hand 70 

XXII. The Types of Hands 78 

XXIII. Types and Expression of 
Thumbs - 89 

XXIV. Types and Expression of the 
Fingers 96 

XXV. The Mounts of the Hand .... 104 
XXVI. The Major Lines of the Hand 112 

XXVII. The Minor Lines of the Hand 119 

XXVIII. Variant Lines of the Hand. . 124 
XXIX. Crosses, Stars and Triangles 128 

XXX. Palmistry and Its Relation 

to the Signs of the Zodiac . . . 135 

XXXI. Physiognomy 145 

XXXII. Conclusion 149 




PLATE No. l-THB ZODIAC. 

"he Temple in center of Zodiac is a Symbol of the New Institutions of the Future 
based on the Twelve Laws of Man's Nature. 



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sciences, where I have read carefully about 
eight thousand people, I feel prepared to give 
to the world a new book, wherein I will en- 
deavor to show in simple, plain terms, the 
advantage to be derived from a thorough 
knowledge, on the part of all the people, of 
the above sciences. 

The first in order is astrology. I shall not 
attempt to teach in this small work astrology 
in full, only so far as it is of every day use to 
the student, in the still greater science of pal- 
mistry, which I will treat in full in this present 
manual. To those who wish to still further in- 
vestigate astrology I should recommend such 
works as Butler's Solar Biology and Eleanor 
Kirk's works; which, so far as the Signs of the 
Zodiac are concerned, are very correct, as a rule. 
At least, I have found them so. I speak 
especially of these two works, as they have 
been of such value to me in my investigation 
along the line of astrology. If one wishes to 
study still further, Merton's Heliocentric As- 
trology, a modern, up to date work, is worth 
your attention. The standard works on 
astrology for the purpose of casting horo- 
scopes are Raphael or Zadkiel. 



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Now, with this slight introduction, I will 
begin my own work, hoping it will meet with 
your approval, and will be of the same value 
to you that it has been to me, in helping you 
to broaden out in all lines of thought, and to 
understand and appreciate more fully, yourself 
and fellow men. 



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CHAPTER II. 
What Arc the Signs of the Zodiac? 

In the study of Astrology, the first thing 
the student should do is to learn thoroughly 
the Signs of the Zodiac; what they are, and 
what these magnetic forces produce upon 
human life. What is a Sign of the Zodiac? 
I have met many people who have asked me 
that question; so, for fear some may still not 
know, I will explain, our Solar System, drawn 
on an ellipse as you will see in engraving No. 1, 
represents our suns and their family of planets. 

Now you notice this ellipse is divided into 
twelve equal parts; the planets circling 
around the sun each in its own orbit, comes 
periodically in magnetic contact, with twelve 
other solar systems in making its orbit once 
around the sun. Take our own earth for ex- 
ample; it makes its orbit once in 365 days, 
which we divide into twelve months, which 
we call one year. So this very Astrology, or, 
as it is now called, Astronomy, divides up our 



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time, giving- us our days, months and year, 
according- to the movements of these heavenly 
bodies. We are in but the infancy of the 
growth of this science. We are as a people, 
but slig-htly conscious as yet of the value As- 
trology and Astronomy will be to the race. 
We must remember we are just recovering 
from the deluge of darkness the -world was 
plunged into during the so-called dark ages; 
when, for over a thousand years, ignorance 
reigned supreme. During this period the 
beautiful sciences were relegated to oblivion, 
as it was considered wicked to reason or think 
for one's self. But those times, dear reader, 
are past. We have come to the Age of Rea- 
son; have passed well through it, and the 
glimmer of a still more beautiful age is seen. 
It is called the Age of Intuition. 

Now, each month represents a given time 
when the earth is passing one of the twelve 
solar systems. Thus, we say April represents 
Aries, etc. Now, our Sun, as the center of 
attraction, is continually in sympathetic vibra- 
tion with all the other suns and planets with- 
in a radius of its attractive power. So, as our 
«arth passes between our sun and a Solar 



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System, it receives the full force of this 
magnetic current. Hence, a child born at a 
time when the Earth was passing be- 
tween Gemini and the Sun. time, May 20 to 
June 21, would be marked with the character 
of a Gemini. This child would begin its 
embryotic growth during the month of Sep- 
tember, under the Sign Virgo. Now, every 
three months the earth will pass one of Gem- 
ini's poles and will be marked with some of 
the characteristics of the Signs Virgo, Sagit- 
tarius and Pisces; as the first, third and sixth 
months are the most impressionable period of 
the young embryo's growth. Hence, you will 
see why it is every Gemini will show some of 
the traits of character of the above named 
signs. This example will suffice to explain 
all others. 



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CHAPTER III. 

The Elements, Systems and Temperaments of 
the Grand Man. 

There are four fundamental elements in the 
construction of worlds. They are Fire, Earth, 
Air and Water. These elements are also the 
bases of all growth and changes in the phe- 
nomena of life. Now divide our Zodiac by 
four, and we find a group of three signs ruled 
by each of these elements, as follows: 
Aries ) Systems. Temperaments. 

LEO V Fire Blood Vital. 

Sagittarius j 

Taurus ] 

Virgo \ Earth. .Bones and Muscles Motive. 

Capricorn . J 

Gemini \ 

Libra V Air Nerves Mental . 

Aquarius . . J 

Cancer ] 

Scorpio V Water . .Digestive Organs . .Lymphatic. 

Pisces j 

In the human body we find four systems, as 

follows: Bones, Muscles, Blood and Nerves, 



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Aries. 


Fire. 


8 

Taurus. 

II 

Qemini. 


Earth. 
Air. 


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Cancer. 


Water. 


Leo. 


Fire. 


Virgo. 


Earth. 


-A. 

"Libra. 


Air. 


Scorpio. 


Water. 


Sagittarius. 


Fire. 


Capricorn. 


Earth. 


Aquarius. 


Air. 


PiSC68. 


Water. 



Mch. 21 to Apr. 19. 

Apr. 19 to May 20 
May 20 to June 21. 
June 21 to July 22. 

July 22 to Aug. 22. 

Aug. 22 to Sept. 28. 

Sept. 23 to Oct. 23. 

Oct. 23 to Nov. 22, 
Nov. 22 to Dec. 21. 

Dec. 21 to Jan. 20. 

Jan. 20 to Feb. 19; 
Feb. 19 to Mch. 21, 



PLATE No. 2. 



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and Digestive Organs. Now they are ruled 
in their development by the elements which 
precede them in above table, 

Carrying this still further we find under the 
head of Phrenology, four temperaments, as 
follows: Vital, Motive, Mental, Lymphatic. 
Each temperament is ruled by a certain ele- 
ment. See table. Thus, we find the mag- 
netic rays from the Signs of the Zodiac are 
responsible for the many peculiar tempera- 
ments shown in life. It acts upon all life, 
animal and vegetable; even the mineral world 
is controlled by these mighty forces. We also 
notice that each sign has its corresponding 
pole in the human body, as you will see in 
engraving No. 2. Thus, Aries, the first sign 
in the mental trinity, represents the head of 
the Grand Man, and should be celebrated as 
the beginning of the year. 

The folly of following an old, senseless cus- 
tom, celebrating the new year, as we do, the 
beginning of January, is out of harmony with 
all natural law. On the 21st of March the 
sun crosses the spring equinox, proclaiming, 
"Spring is here !" All nature puts on her 
gayest attire and celebrates the event, except 



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stupid man, the only creatnre held back from 
obeying natural instincts by his own foolish 
customs and prejudices. 

In giving- the Characteristics of the twelve 
Signs of the Zodiac, I shall follow my own 
observation, and shall tell you what I have 
observed or discovered, independent of what 
others have said; as I believe each one has a 
right to an opinion. I claim mine. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

T 

Aries. 

HEAD SIGN OF THE FIRE TRIPU01TY. 
March 21 to April 10, 

This sign rules the head of the Grand Man. 
As a rule, people born in this sign have con- 
siderable executive ability, and sometimes 
make fine scholars. 

I have found many types of people in this 
sig-n; a few small people, but, as a rule, there 
are three types — the large, fair complexion 
Aries, and the smaller, dark complexion Aries. 
The former are more inclined to education 
and have a calm, gentle disposition, and are 
not inclined to any great amount of exertion. 
They do make splendid teachers owing to 
their fine patience and self-control. They 
also possess literary ability. The latter type 
are more executive, quick in movement, de- 
termined to carry through whatever they 
undertake, and will grieve and worry if 



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thwarted in their plans. The one other class 
of people born in this sign are a mixture be- 
tween the other two. A large dark one will 
possess the elements of both energy and 
patience, and are the strongest people born in 
this sign. The one fine trait of character in 
these people is their quick response to duty. 

They make splendid husbands and wives; 
are fine providers and sacrifice a great deal 
for those they love. The diseases of Aries 
are usually brain or nervous troubles. They 
should avoid inharmony and learn to take fre- 
quent rests. They should also beware of 
stomach troubles and paralysis. The Aries 
child should never be treated harshly. Par- 
ents will find better results through kindness 
and patience, than they will by using force on 
these childern. 

Some of our greatest generals and states- 
men were born in this sign. Jefferson, Buch- 
anan, Henry Clay, Bismarck. Edward Bel- 
lamy are among the prominent Aries. Child- 
ren born in this sign should have a splendid 
education. The congenial companions for 
Aries people should be chosen from Gemini, 
I^ibra, Sagittarius, Capricorn. 



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CHAPTER V. 
Taurus. 

HEAD SIGN OF THE EARTH TRIPLICITY. 
April ig to May 20, 

This sig-n rules the neck and the cerebellum 
brain, which is the seat of muscular motion 
in the body. These people are usually fair 
complexion, slow and deliberate in motion, 
very exact and careful in what they do. They 
are, therefore, adapted to scientific work. 
They become inventors and discoverers in the 
mental as well as mechanical work. They 
are noted for their great classifying- ability. 
They are fearless in expressing- an opinion, 
and are not easily backed down in an argu- 
ment. They have fine intuition and are quite 
inspirational, yet they become better writers 
than speakers. They are grand friends and 
sometimes bitter enemies. Their capacity for 
money making- is small, and what they do 
have is usually spent freely for others.. They 



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are a very unselfish, sympathetic people. 
Their one great fault is their temper, which 
is quick and boisterous. You will usually 
know when a Taurus is angry, as the storm 
is terrific while it lasts, but they easily quiet 
down and will forgive quickly. 

I have met a few fine singers in this sign, 
but they have to be careful of their throats, 
as that is their weak point; are also subject, as 
-all motive people are, to rheumatism. A child 
in this sign, or any other for that matter, 
should not be plagued or irritated as it will 
tend to spoil their temper and ruin their 
digestive system; as their anger is so intense 
it will leave its effects for days in the system. 
Yet those dear little Taurus children are often 
plagued nearly to death by older children, sim- 
ply because they are quick tempered. The 
Taurus people have great memory; they will 
find their best friends in Capricorn, Libra and 
sometimes Pisces. Dr. Sivartha, one of the 
greatest living scientists, Shakespeare, novel- 
ist, Preston, historian, are a few of the think- 
ers born in Taurus. This sign rules the faculties 
of science in the brain . Their diseases are heart 
troubles, tumors and peculiar blood diseases. 



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CHAPTER VI. 

n 
Gemini. 

HEAD SIGN OF THE} AIR TRIPLICITY. 
May 20 to June 21. 
This sign rules the hands, arms and lung's 
of the Grand Man. They are as a rule very 
executive and very versatile, and as they can 
turn their hands to any kind of work, they are 
liable to become Jacks of all trades and mas- 
ters of none. They invariably lack in stability 
and continuity, and, as they possess a restless 
disposition, they will try a half-dozen occupa- 
tions before they settle, which is a doubtful 
proposition if they ever do. I have found 
Geminis do not amount to much until they be- 
come conscious of their inner life and seek to 
unfold their wonderful spiritual nature. Then 
their intuition and inspiration is grand. Just 
as versatile in thought as inaction, they make 
brilliant public speakers. They are the peo- 
ple who change their minds readily; a new 



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truth today becomes old tomorrow. They 
h ave been well styled continual seekers after 
wisdom and culture. On the lower plane of 
mental development, where they have not yet 
discovered their spiritual nature, you will 
find them extremely conservative, timid, mel- 
ancholy, afraid to trust their own opinions, 
suspicious of friends, and have a great love of 
wealth, but as they recognize their higher 
selves, they change, their natures become 
possessed with a wonderful degree of self-con- 
fidence, and they will boldly proclaim the new 
truths with a total disregard as to the opin- 
ions of others. 

R. W. Emerson, Benjamin Fay Mills, Mar- 
garet Fuller Orsoly, Walter Whitman, Harriet 
Beecher Stowe were born in this sign and are 
fine representatives of Gemini genius, Queen 
Victoria was also born under this sign. Her 
reign is considered a remarkable one in many 
ways, but it is evident she never became fully 
conscious of her inner nature, or she would 
have established many mighty reforms for the 
good of her people, and would have scattered 
her ^40,000,000 among her starving nations 
before she died, for a more generous, kind 



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hearted, courageous people than the awak- 
ened Gemini are not born. 

The diseases from which they suffer are 
nervous diseases and stomach trouble, brought 
on, as a rule, by overwork, also nervous pros- 
tration and sometimes lung- troubles. Their 
remedy is rest and harmony. Kind friends 
who understand them are better than medi- 
cine. 

Their best friends are found in Aquarius, 
Aries, Virgo, Pisces Gemini and Libra. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

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Cancer. 

HEAD SIGN OF THE WATER TRIPUCITY. 
June 21 to July 22, 

This sign rules the breast of the Grand 
Man. All the water people are sensitive peo- 
ple, and Cancer is no exception to the rule, — 
more sensitive, if anything-. They are, when 
not too fleshy, large, splendid looking people; 
they have commanding figures, large heads, 
strong features. They are a very determined 
people, and have considerable tact in dealing 
with the masses; they have splendid intellects 
and a love of reform; and often become great 
organizers. Eleanor Kirk says they are as 
strong as giants or as weak as infants, which 
is quite true. You will find them bravely 
carrying great burdens, and, at the same time, 
fretting over some trifling thing. They are 
usually afraid of poverty, and are sometimes 
penurious and stingy, but I do not know of 



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anyone who will take a little and make so 
much out of it as a Cancer, when they have to. 
They are fond of the beautiful and artistic 
and will always manage to dress well; you 
will find them sometimes displaying- a great 
amount of jewelry; they are the men who 
will wear their watch chains spread across 
their vests, will wear large diamonds; the wo- 
men will pin their watches and other jewelry 
where they can be seen. There are those be- 
sides Cancers who will show this foolish love 
of display, but it is more pronounced in their 
nature. These people are neat and orderly, 
and the women are fine housekeepers, as a 
rule. Every Cancer child should be well edu- 
cated; like the Gemini, they improve rapidly 
when given an opportunity; they readily take 
to the occult studies and become beautiful 
teachers along these lines. The Cancer wo- 
man has a great deal of trouble in marriage. 
I have known them to have as high as three 
divorces before thirty-seven; they should nev- 
er marry young, unless fully conscious of what 
they are about, and should carefully select 
their mates. I have found more divorces in 
this sign than nearly all the others put to- 



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gether; the cause i<s, we think, they have such 
an artistic, ideal nature, it is seldom they can 
realize in the opposite sex that ideal, and they 
are liable to tire quickly of the routine duties 
of an inharmonious life. 

They will find their most congenial friends 
in Pisces or Scorpio, Libra or Aquarius, 

The diseases are poor digestion, dropsy, 
cancers, tumors and blood diseases. 

Henry Ward Beecher, Richard Henry Stod- 
dard and Nathaniel Hawthorne were born in 
this sign. 



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CHAPTER VIII. 
Leo. 

MIDDLE SIGN OF THE FIRE TRIPUCITY. 
July 22 io August 22. 

This sign rules the heart of the Grand Man. 
The Leo people represent very well the sym- 
bol of their sign, for a more couragious, fear- 
less, magnetic people does not live. They are 
supposed to carry the palm for physical beau- 
ty, and I have found the statement to be quite 
true; but they do not seem to be conscious of 
the fact; if so, it does not spoil them. They 
are natural leaders, and when sufficiently in- 
telligent to lead, make successful ones. When 
undeveloped, they are domineering, head- 
strong and truly vicious in their attacks on 
those who oppose them. They are sup- 
posed to possess the finest attributes for pub- 
lic speakers. I have known a few in this 
sign. Alfred Tennyson, Robert Ingersoll, 
Rev. Moody and David Crockett were born in 



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this sig-n. They represent the religious fac- 
ulties in the brain, and you will find them 
either stoutly defending- religion or tearing- it 
down. They possess a fine sense of taste, and, 
for that reason, are supposed to make fine 
cooks. I have found a great many, both men 
and women, who are good cooks, but, as a 
rule, they do not like to work with their 
hands; they make better planners than exe- 
cutors. 

They are true friends and bitter enemies. 
Never let a Leo know you are afraid of him; 
if you do, you might as well move out; they 
are great bluffers; they usually make their 
way easily throug-h life, and seldom meet with 
misfortune. This sig-n is ruled by the sun, 
causing- them to be quick tempered, passionate 
people and not always true to their mates. 
They are of medium build, usually with dark 
eyes and hair and fair skin. 

Their finest companions will be found in 
Gemini, Libra or Aquarius. 

The diseases are weak heart action and in- 
digestion. 



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CHAPTER IX. 
Virgo. 

MIDDLE SIGN OF THE EARTH TRIPLJCITY. 
August 22 to September 23. 

This sign rules the Solar Plexus in the 
Grand Man. The Solar Plexus is the intui- 
tive brain of the body, that brain which never 
sleeps, always active and watchful for the 
best interests of the body. It is to the body 
what the mother is to the home, dependent as 
is also the mother upon the positive brain for 
support at the same time, the real support of 
the positive or head brain. Its function is to 
rule all the organic life force in the body and 
when this brain is recognized and obeyed great 
health and harmony will be the result, not 
only in the individual, but in society also, 
which is but a duplicate of the individual. 

People born in this sign represent to human- 
ity, intuition, motherhood, unselfish love and 
a strong protective interest in all whom their 



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lives come in contact with. This is the mus- 
ical sign of the Zodiac. It also gives us some 
grand mediums. As a rule, they are pure, 
soul inspiring- people; yet they are often mis- 
understood, and sometimes have bitter ene- 
mies; they make enemies by the too free use 
of criticism. The mass of the people are yet 
too ignorant to stand blunt criticism, and the 
undeveloped Virgo usually paints his ideas in 
no mild tints; black is black, and he will not 
hesitate to tell you so. As he develops his 
spiritual nature, he will tone down the rough- 
er shades and become a beautiful companion 
and friend. They are sometimes quite suc- 
cessful in business. They have strong, large 
bodies, and are considered the most healthy 
people in the world. Usually the complexion 
is fair. 

They find their best friends in Gemini, Aries, 
Aquarius or Capricorn. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frances Willard 
and Robert Burdette were born in this sign. 



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CHAPTER X. 



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Libra. 

MIDDLE SIGN OF AIR TRIPIylCITY. 
September 23 to October 23. 

This sign rules the loins and kidneys of the 
Grand Man, also the faculties in the brain of 
rulership and ambition. While this sign is 
supposed to be the more highly endowed with 
inspiration and psychic force, my experience 
is but a few become conscious of the fact and 
make any use of these beautiful qualities; 
they are usually timid and afraid to trust to 
their own judgment. I have found them, as a 
rule careless in money matters; that is,sofar 
as making it is concerned, but have not found 
them dishonest. They are people who have 
very few enemies, as they are not quick to 
take sides. 

They have fine intellects, strong intuition 
and could make splendid writers or speakers, 



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if they would develop more self-confidence, 
which they usually lack; they have large hope, 
and are not easily discouraged. A few suc- 
cessful business men are in this sign, but, as 
a rule, they are too careless with money to 
succeed to any great extent. 

They are easily imposed upon and will take 
advice from others too readily for their own 
good. They are a restless, moving people, 
fond of excitement and change, extremely sen- 
sitive; they cannot stand to be scolded or 
found fault with; usually quick tempered, and 
when angry, have a way of saying things 
which hurt deeply. The best results with a 
Libra child are gained through praise, and 
the child should, as soon as possible, be put 
upon its own merits, encouraged and stimula- 
ted, never discouraged. In this way, one can 
strengthen and assist the Libra to use his 
beautiful gift of inspiration. They are a kind 
loving, gentle people, and under a more prop- 
er system of education, when all this truth is 
more fully understood by parents and teach- 
ers, the Libra sign may yet develop wonder- 
ful people, 

A few under the present system have de- 



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veloped prominence as rulers. We find four 
Presidents were born in this sign: John 
Adams, Gen. Arthur, R. B. Hayes and Z. 
Taylor. 

This sig-n should never mate with Pisces or 
Virgo. Pisces always wants a reason, and 
Libra cannot explain; and Virg-o's criticism 
would drive Libra mad. 

Their most congenial companions are born 
in Aquarius, Taurus or Capricorn, sometimes 
Gemini, if both are in the same plane of de- 
velopment. This is true of all sig-ns. One 
should mate with an equal mentally and ph ys- 
ically, and then seek to keep up with one an- 
other. 

The diseases of Libra are similar to Gemini; 
nervous prostration, peculiar stomach trouble 
and pains across the back, caused by weak- 
ness of the kidneys, which Libra is sure to, 
show during some portion of his life. 



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CHAPTER XL 
Scorpio. 

MIDDLE SIGN OF WATER TRIPUCITY. 
October 23 to November 23. 

This sign governs the genital organs, the 
groins, bladder and sex functions of the Grand 
Man. 

There are two classes of people born in this 
sign, and great attention should be paid on 
the part of parents as to which class their 
child represents. If it shows a well balanced 
brain and hand, you have nothing to fear, as 
the well organized Scorpio is as strong and 
reliable as any people in the world; they make 
splendid managers, kind and proficient par- 
ents and teachers, faithful as friends, or in 
any position ot trust. As a rule, they do bet- 
ter when working for others, but I have known 
them to be very successful in their own busi- 
ness. This sign rules the faculties of indus- 
try in the brain; therefore, the well developed 



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Scorpios will be industrious, persevering-, pa- 
tient in details, and will work for others' in- 
terests equally as well as for their own; but 
an undeveloped, poorly organized Scorpio is 
one to be feared. He is never weak, but is, 
many times, vicious. If he starts down the 
ladder of life, he is quite sure to go to the 
bottom. 

I have known some very low, depraved peo- 
ple in this sign, and some very grand charac- 
ters. Great care should be taken to teach 
these children in regard to the uses and abuses 
of the sex nature, and to overcome their self- 
ish, jealous passions, which are sometimes 
very strong, 

James A. Garfield, Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
and William Cullen Bryant were born in this 
sign. 

The diseases of Scorpio are weakness in 
back and sex organs, lumbago and gout. 

They find their congenial companions in 
Taurus, Virgo or Pisces. 



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CHAPTER XII. 

t 

Sagittarius. 

NEGATIVE POLE OF FIRE TRIPLICITY. 
November 23 to December 21. 

This sign governs the hips and thighs of 
the Grand Man. 

People born in this sign are noted for their 
great stability and determination to carry 
through whatever they undertake; they are 
fearless aud brave, and are always noted for 
minding their own business. One thing at a 
time is all a Sagittarius can attend to, and he 
will become nervous and disturbed when called 
upon to perform a half-dozen duties at the 
same time. In this respect they are very much 
unlike their Solar mate, Gemini, who delights 
in having a number of irons in the fire; they 
do not like to give up beaten in any enter- 
prise, and will hold on with bulldog tenacity 
until sometimes they will lose every dollar 
they have, health thrown in. They should 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology. 37 

learn that the man who fights and runs away 
may live to fight another day; in other words, 
they should learn to sometimes let go, as we can 
carry all thing's to extremes, and also that 
sometimes it is impossible to have one's own 
way. They are usually afraid of public opin- 
ion and dread being- called a failure; they are 
very sensitive and many of them possess fine 
mediumistic talents. This sign rules the fac- 
ulties of wealth in the brain, and while these 
people are not miserly or stingy, yet they pin 
a great deal of faith in money, and you will 
usually find them well supplied. As their tal- 
ents are varied, they can turn their hands to 
many kinds of work; they are naturally in- 
dustrious and saving, and are sure to accumu- 
late. They are kind, loving friends, and you 
will always find them ready and willing to 
help you under any emergency. Some of the 
grandest people in the world are in this, in 
many waj^s, the finest sign of the Zodiac. 

Wendell Phillips, Mary E. Livermore and 
John Milton were born in this sign. Mary E. 
Livermore's life is a splendid example of the 
kindness and tenacity of this sign. 

The diseases of Sagittarius people are rheu- 



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matism, stomach trouble and nervousness. 
They will find their cong-enial companions 
in Aries, Gemini, Virgo or Libra. 



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CHAPTER XIII. 

V? 
Capricorn. 

NEGATIVE SIGN OF EARTH TRIPUCITY. 
December 21 to January 20. 

This sign rules the knees of the Grand Man. 
Its symbol is the goat, and the people born 
within its limits represent it well. They are 
a restless, turbulent people, always on the 
move, and, like the goat, will pick their liv- 
ing- where others will starve. This sign rules 
the faculties of commerce in the brain, and 
among the males, we often find great specu- 
lators and financiers; they excel as money 
makers, and are verv materialistic in all their 
ideas; they do not like to work for others, and 
consequently, do their best when working for 
themselves. The great builders, civil engin- 
eers and explorers are found in this sign. 
The females often become fine teachers and 
beautiful mothers, as they are naturally fond 



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of plants, animals or children. When the 
Capricorn becomes conscious of, and develops, 
his spiritual nature, his usefulness to society 
cannot be limited. He is peace loving- and 
slow to anger, but when aroused he has a fear- 
ful temper while it lasts, but he recovers him- 
self quickly and forgives easily. He likes to 
dress well, is a good entertainer and a great 
talker. 

The ruling planet of this sign is Saturn, 
which develops a deep love of nature. You 
will find them all fond of plants and animals, 
also many fine artists will be found in this 
sign. These children should always have a 
good business education and early in life be 
put on their own responsibility. Once get a 
Capricorn child to promise obedience and you 
have gained a point, as they are, as a rule, 
very truthful; these children will love to run 
away when quite small and explore the neigh- 
borhood, but they will generally return all 
right; they have large faculties of location, 
and can always find their way home. 

Stonewall Jackson and Cicero were born in 
this sign. 

Their diseases are rheumatism in the joints, 



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especially the knees, and sometimes indiges- 
tion, which is usually caused by eating- too 
fast, as the Capricorn is always in a hurry. 
When ill, they should seek a quiet rural dis- 
trict, as nature will more quickly restore them 
to health than doctors or medicine. 

Their congenial friends are Taurus, Virgo, 
Libra and Aries. 



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CHAPTER XIV. 



Aquarius. 

NEGATIVE SIGN OF AIR TRIPLJCITY. 
January 20 to February ig. 
This sig-n rules the ankles of the Grand 
Man. It is the home of those who are quiet, 
patient and faithful in their mental and moral 
ways. This sig-n rules the faculties of home 
in the brain; therefore, these people are fond 
of home, great lovers of fair play and justice 
and equity. It is said they are the strong-est 
and the weakest people in the world, and I 
believe it is true; but they are never vicious. 
When weak, they will g-o to the extreme in 
physical and moral degradation, but, unlike 
Scorpio, they will seldom injure another. 
Parents should at once note the thumbs of 
their young- Aquarius children — a small, weak 
thumb will tell the story; the thumb repre- 
sents the will, and if it is too small, the child 
will be easily led. Parents should use every 



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means to encourage and develop their will, for 
the lack of will in a child causes them to be 
careless, forgetful inattentive in school and 
disobedient to parents; they will desire to 
obey, but as soon as they meet other children, 
they forget what has been told them; they are 
tossed about by every wind that blows. This 
is true of every child who is the possessor of 
small, weak thumbs. 

But when the Aquarius is strong-, he is very 
strong-, without doubt, the strong-est mentally 
and morally of all the sig-ns in the Zodiac. 
This sign represents the breath of life, there- 
fore these people are as necessary to society 
as air is to the lung-s of the Grand Man; they 
are a peace loving people, yet, if danger men- 
aces the home, they will fight until they con- 
quer or are killed. Some of the greatest and 
most dearly beloved people in the world's his- 
tory were born in this sign. Abraham Lin- 
coln, James G. Blaine, Susan B. Anthony, 
Edgar Allen Poe, William Jennings Bryan, 
Henry W. Longfellow, Samuel J. Tilden and 
President McKinley are a few of the promi- 
nent people of this sign. 

Sometimes these people take to the trades, 



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but are seldom successful in mechanical lines; 
they do better in the professions. Every 
Aquarius child should have a splendid educa- 
tion; they are fond of study, and, as they are 
possessed of a good memory and keen percep- 
tion, they make rapid progress; they should 
not be allowed to associate with coarse, low 
companions, as they will as readily absorb im- 
moral as moral teaching- — and, remember in 
all cases, as the twig- is bent the tree will 
grow; they are fond of nature and make fine 
artists and musicians. This sign has less 
trouble in marriage than any other; they have 
a faculty of getting along with almost every- 
body. 

Their congenial signs are Gemini, Libra, 
Virgo and sometimes Leo. When these peo- 
ple are ruled by the moon, it produces a rest- 
less disposition, and they travel a great deal. 

Their diseases are weakness of the chest 
and lungs and nervous troubles. 



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CHAPTER XV. 
Pisces. 

NEGATIVE POLE OF WATER TRIPUCITY. 
February ig to March 21. 

This sign rules the feet of the Grand Man. 
The people born in this sig-n are, in some res- 
pects, the most peculiar and difficult to under- 
stand of all the twelve signs. They are lov- 
ing - and kind hearted, always ready to assist 
in time of trouble, and always trying- to help 
others to the front, but are backward in using 
their own talents, which, in many instances, 
are very strong-. They are usually gifted 
along- the lines of art, becoming- fine desig-ners 
and artists; the females excel as designers in 
millinery and dressmaking, or in any depart- 
ment of artistic work; the males are proficient 
as bookkeepers, accountants and telegraph 
operators; they also make quite a success as 
physicians. 

The Pisces are willing servers, if one takes 



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the right way with them; they are exceeding- 
ly sensitive, and cannot stand to be scolded or 
found fault with; they, to do their best, should 
have their own way, as far as possible, in all 
thing's. Many a Pisces child has been spoiled 
in early life by not being- understood by par- 
ents or guardians. One should never order a 
Pisces child to do anything; they are willing 
cooperators, but they cannot be driven; the 
driving process only tends to develop a stub- 
born, vicious nature; it develops the faculties 
of combativeness and destructiveness so large 
that, in many instances, it spoils their after 
life. They have a great faculty for asking 
questions which will lead to an argument; but 
I have found it is folly to argue with the aver- 
age Pisces, as they will, nine times out of ten, 
dispute you, even when they know they are 
wrong, just to be contrary. As a rule, they 
talk too much. Once they learn the value of 
silence and self control, and become liberal 
enough to see their own faults, and correct 
them, they are the most useful and valuable 
members of society. 

The diseases that Pisces people are sub- 
ject to are pains in the head, feet and 



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back, and weakness in the digestive organs. 

Their best friends are in Virgo, Cancer and 
Scorpio. They do not mate well with the air 
or fire people. 

George Washington, Pope Leo, Andrew 
Jackson and James Madison found their birth- 
place in Pisces. When the Pisces has a pro- 
per early training, and learn to use their spir- 
itual senses, the work they can accomplish for 
good of humanity is not easily outdone by any 
other people. 



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CHAPTER XVI. 

Why Should Wc Learn the Signs of the Zodiac? 

The student who wishes to become profic- 
ient in Palmistry should first learn thoroughly 
the Signs of the Zodiac, so he can call up the 
character instantly to his mind of each of the 
signs. The reason for this is, many times 
you will meet with people who are having 
trouble with a friend, husband or wife. Now, 
if you know the sign each was born in, you 
can understand the case instantly, and be able 
to give better advice. Remember there are al- 
ways two sides to every story. I have often 
had people come to me with a tale of woe in 
regard to another, and by a little careful in- 
quiry, have found the trouble was caused by 
misunderstanding one another, and a few 
words is often enough to convince your visitor 
that such is the case. I am positive, in my 
own mind, divorces could be avoided nine 
times out of ten, if people would study one 



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another more carefully, and especially study 
one's self, as we may be the one to blame- 
Let us search carefully for the weeds of error 
in our own natures, and once having discov- 
ered them, never rest until they are destroyed, 
root and branch. There is none so blind as he 
who will not see. Let us be not of that num- 
ber. One should also learn the different trip- 
licities, so that you may be able to explain 
the relations one sign bears to another. 



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CHAPTER XVII. 

The Planets. 

The next in order is the Planets. You can 
study their size, time and orbits from the 
chart, but I will give some of the qualities de- 
veloped by each. In the chart, you will ob- 
serve, each planet is in its own sign, or home, 
as it is sometimes called. Thus, Saturn is at 
home in Capricorn, and exercises its strong-est 
influence upon life when in that sig-n; the 
same of all the others. Planetary influence 
has a tendency to increase or diminish the 
character of a sign to a certain degree, but 
rarely do they chang-e the character so much 
that you cannot tell the ruling- sig-n, or, in 
other words, the sig-n they were born in. Un- 
der the head of Palmistry, we explain fully 
how this is accomplished. One must refer to 
an Ephemeris to find the position of each planet 
at birth. 



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PLANETS AND THEIR SIGNS. 



Mercury, the smallest planet, whose orbit 
is nearest the sun, is called the God of Fin- 
ance and Science. 

9, 
The second planet, Venus, the God of Love. 

<r 

The Moon, the God of Romance and Travel. 
Mars, the God of War. 

Jupiter, the God of Intellect and Ambition. 
This planet gives brain illumination. 

k, 

Saturn, the God of Nature. 

Uranus is a neutral planet. He acts always. 



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with the strongest in power. If the strongest 
is good, he is good, and vice versa. 



The Sun is the God of Physical Success, 
Glory and Fame. 

Neptune is the God of the Spiritual. 

Now, the magnetic influence of these plan- 
ets develops certain faculties in the brain, and 
those faculties again polarize in the hand, as 
we shall see later, under the head of the 
Mounts of the Hand. In Palmistry, we will 
take up the study of the planets more thor- 
oughly. My object in this chapter is to sim- 
ply point out to you a few fundamental prin- 
ciples, that you may better understand the 
beautiful Science of Palmistry, which will be 
the final work in the book. In the Science of 
Palmistry, we find a blending of all the other 
sciences that are used for the purpose of char- 
acter reading. 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 

The Two Brain Centers in Man. 

Now let us turn our attention for a time to 
the Head Brain of man, that piece of mechan- 
ism which has been so little studied or under- 
stood, as yet, by the masses. The brain is the 
great dynamo of the body, with its millions of 
nerve cells, divided into its numerous groups 
of faculties, ruled so perfectly by its two cen- 
ters, which correspond with the positive and 
negative forces in all nature. Let us turn for 
a moment to the chart of the Zodiac. You 
will see two suns in the ellipse. In all modern 
works on Astronomy, they now recognize our 
Solar System to be an ellipse. We know we 
are nearer the sun at certain times of the year 
by our own observation. Now, if our Sun is 
in one pole of the ellipse, what balances in the 
other pole? We claim, by all the laws of na- 
ture and science, there is another sun there, 
which acts in the Solar System as the Solar 



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Plexus does in the human body, or the femin- 
ine center in the brain. 

The sun we see with our physical eyes is the 
positive, or male sun, In the opposite pole 
we have the negative, or female sun, unknown 
to us because we have not yet developed our 
spiritual sense of sight. 

I recognize a duality of senses in the human 
body — five physical senses and five spiritual. 
All our education in the past has been of such 
a character as to develop our physical senses, 
and to consider them all-sufficient; but our 
modern research along metaphysical lines re- 
veals the spiritual senses and the need of dev- 
eloping them in this life. We develop them, 
and, lo ! a new heaven and a new earth ap- 
pear; life takes on a greater and grander 
meaning; the mother God in nature appears 
in all her glory, and we behold the wonderful 
plan of life, which no longer seems incomplete 
and out of harmony, but that all things work 
together for the glory of God, or good, toward 
building up a perfect universe. 

But let us return to the Zodiac again. Hav- 
ing recognized the two suns, let us note their 
influence upon our earth. You will see the 



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spiritual sun is on the right, and the physical 
sun on the left, of the Zodiac. Now, how is 
it, when our earth is nearer the male sun we 
have winter, and nearer the female sun we 
have summer? Yes, I know the theory of the 
astronomers, but I have a right to mine, and 
it is this: — as the female is the developing- el- 
ement in all nature, so does the female sun 
hold the developing- power; the male sun is as 
the male or positive force in all nature, the 
projector, the sustaining and protecting ele- 
ment in the household of the Solar System; 
the united force of these two suns create, build 
and sustain the planetary system, of which 
our earth is a child. The other great Solar 
Systems, known as the Signs of the Zodiac, 
are neighbors, and they and their children 
make up the society of the Solar Heavens. 
The more remote a neighbor, the less his in- 
fluence has to do with our lives. Now, in 
studying Astrology in this manner, we see it 
in a practical light which robs it of all its 
mystical power. 



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CHAPTER XIX. 

The Duality of Forces. 

Now, having- recognized the positive and 
negative centers in the Solar System, let us 
take the microcosm man, and there again we 
discover this duality of forces. I have refer- 
red before to the two brain or nerve centers 
in the human body, under the sign Virgo, but 
I wish to bring it out more clearly, for in men 
and women scientifically understanding this 
point hinges the readjustment of society on 
the plan of justice and equity. As we see, 
•each sun in the Solar System possesses both 
positive and negative qualities; for part of the 
time the physical sun is attracting, and part 
of the time repelling, and the spiritual sun 
the same. Yet, the developing attributes are 
stronger in the female sun, and the positive 
or protective attributes are stronger in the 
male sun. We note the same principle, or 
condition throughout all animal life. 



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The two brains in the body are called male 
and female; the Solar Plexus is the female 
brain and the brain in the head is male. 
Every human being- has both brain centers, 
but in woman the solar brain predominates 
and in man the head brain. One represents 
intuition, the other, reason. 

Let us take up these two centers and see 
what service they render the human organism. 
The Solar Plexus is that large nerve center 
just back of the stomach. Its mission is to 
regulate and control the organic structure of 
the body. This brain never sleeps, or ceases 
to perform its work through life. When all 
the physical senses are clothed in slumber, the 
spiritual senses, which have their being in the 
Solar Plexus brain, go right on with their 
never ceasing- work; the heart beats, sending 
the blood to all parts of the body, building- up 
here, tearing- down there; the lung-s continue 
carrying- the oxygen required by the blood, 
and carrying out the poisonous gases (oh, how 
necessary it is we have large, well aired bed 
chambers); the digestive organs continue 
their labor. All this goes on without the 
slightest assistance from the male brain, but, 



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after a time, the material in the digestive or- 
gans, which goes to build up the blood and 
body as a whole, becomes exhausted, then a 
call is sent to the positive brain for more ma- 
terial, and, one by one, the male faculties, or 
physical senses, awaken and become conscious 
a call has been made on them for something; 
the spiritual brick builders are out of mater- 
ial, and the hod carriers must get to work. 

Now, we see m the human brain two cen- 
ters; one is called motus, the other, sensus; 
one controls motion, the other, sensation. 
Here, again, one is male, the other, female — 
positive and negative; the female center is 
first to respond to the Solar Plexus brain for 
food. Along the nerves of sensation to the 
feminine center in the brain flashes the mes- 
sage, and we become conscious we are hungry. 
Now the message is passed on to the positive, 
or motus, center, to move the muscles, and get 
something to eat; and for its own self 
protection, it must obey; but the Solar Plexus 
sends another message, and that is for a cer- 
tain kind of food. She, in her cell building, 
requires certain kinds of material, just as the 
brick builder requires so many brick and so 



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much mortar; but suppose the hod carriers 
take back all brick or all mortar, or a little 
green cheese, just to please his fancy, instead 
of either brick or mortar, what kind of a house 
do you suppose the brick builder would con- 
struct? Just the same kind of structure as we 
build when we disobey in eating-, when we let 
the physical sense of taste rule, eat to gratify 
our passions, regardless whether the builder 
can use what we send her. Is it any wonder 
we grow frail and weak? As a race, we are 
growing- smaller and less healthy each gener- 
ation. Look at the condition of our teeth, and 
our bones, muscles and nerves are no better. 
Nearly everything- we eat is adulterated, and 
what we drink is no better. Imagine sending 
down into the stomach such poisons as thene, 
caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and a hundred other 
poisons which we are continually administer- 
ing to the body, in the form of drugs and im- 
pure air. 

Then there is another side, the side of pov- 
erty, where the Solar Plexus calls in vain for 
nourishment, and the head brain is powerless 
to respond, only with an insufficient amount 
of fourth class material. The result of all 



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this is weakness and decay to the whole hu- 
man organism. 

In human society, — which is again the ex- 
act duplicate of the inner man, made up of 
two elements, positive and negative, male 
and female; as with the microcosm man, so 
with the macrocosm society — the male has as- 
sumed control, not only of himself, but of the 
female also. Now, she is to the body politic 
what the Solar Plexus is to the human body, 
or the spiritual sun to the Solar System; but 
are her wishes regarded, her commands obey- 
ed? No. She is told she is a fool, more or 
less, and her mission is to obey. Obey what? 
Why, the male. The male? that positive 
force whose work in all nature consists only in 
carrying out and protecting the wishes of its 
greater life? Look at our man made society 
today, and we have a beautiful example of 
disobedience along the above named lines. 
Everywhere there is strife and contention; 
the social digestive organs are badly out of 
order. Its blood is poisoned, great sores raise 
on its body, in the form of wars, prostitution, 
intemperance and murder; it is covered with 
the pimples of greed, selfishness, theft and 



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discontent. We have already tried every 
means that brain can conceive to deal with 
this effect. We have burned and scourged 
these sores; we have applied all sorts of salves, 
and now, after all these centuries, we make 
the discovery we have been dealing only with 
the effect of a great cause, whose roots 
reach to the very vitals of human life and so- 
ciety. We must first learn that this is an or- 
derly universe, and that it is governed by great 
laws, which we cannot disobey without re- 
ceiving the penalty of disobedience. Under 
this great universal law of cause and effect, 
woman has her place and man his also. Now r 
the man cannot occupy the woman's place any 
more than electricity can do the work of mag- 
netism, or vice versa. Each have their proper 
place, and when they occupy it, great harmony 
to the home and society will be the result. 

Harmony is life, inharmony is death; which 
do we prefer? 

Now, I do not want my readers to think I 
take a partial view of this question because I 
am a woman. I am also a mother, and my 
only child is a son; and surely I have as mucfo 
interest in his life as I have in my own; but I 



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have arrived in thought and desire at the 
plane of universal motherhood, and I claim by 
the right of motherhood, all children are 
mine, boys and girls alike. I love them all, 
and would see them well and happy, which is 
their natural right. So, dear reader, as you 
follow out my conclusions, try to lay aside sex 
for a time, and let us seek to break the bar- 
riers which hold apart the race, and rejoice in 
the at-one-ment of all life, as we journey back 
to our Creator; for our interest, male and fe- 
male, is identical, after all. 

What place in human society should woman 
fill? — the knotty question of the age, I say, 
by all the laws of science and nature, she 
should occupy the position of dictator, advis- 
er, teacher and counsellor. The spiritual senses 
are more highly developed in woman than in 
man; her intuition is keener; she has a nat- 
ural foresight which the male does not pos- 
sess, at least, to the same degree. How many 
times have we heard the man say, "If I had 
only listened to my wife, how much better it 
would have been for me." The man's educa- 
tion has been always to the detriment of wo- 
man; trained only to regard his physical 



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senses, and to be ashamed to show any emo- 
tion, which is the female element in him, is 
it any wonder he looks upon woman as some- 
thing to be excused, and usually to be 
ashamed of? Did you ever hear a little boy 
say, Oh, she is only a 'sissy* I" and notice the 
contempt he will throw into his voice? Now, 
if he had been trained to recognize his spirit- 
ual senses, to listen to the still, small voice, 
as it is sometimes called, he would see the lit- 
tle girl was the embodiment of his highest 
and holiest life. 

Again, man regards woman as a slave, more 
or less. Her great work has been a hidden 
work, even as the work of our inner organic 
mother. Yet, what a work it has been ! The 
mother of nations, she has toiled on against 
tremendous odds. Oh, man ! her cause beats 
beneath your own heart, and, as you listen to its 
measured beats, and feel the warm blood flow 
through your veins, and experience the sensa- 
tions of pleasure and sorrow, remember it all 
comes from the female elements within you. 
Note your fine intuitions, your gradual devel- 
opment of brotherhood, and your growing dis- 
like of brutality; these are attributes of the 



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female. It is the mother speaking in her son, 
and when she tells you, "My boy, send me 
pure food, that I may build you a strong- body," 
you cannot afford to disobey; and when she 
tells you to love, cherish and protect the beau- 
tiful companion of your life, in which she is 
more fully represented, again, obey. Make 
conditions for that young life, of which you 
are the direct cause; for how can the young 
mother do her best, and produce a perfect 
child, unless she again be obeyed? Her ma- 
ternal instincts tell her what she requires in 
this marvelous building, and if it be not forth- 
coming, a defective life is the result. Like 
the Solar Plexus, whom can she depend on to 
carry out her desires but you, and what are 
the conditions she [requires in this work? 
First, a full and untrammelled liberty; sec- 
ond, that she come not, during her life, in con- 
tact with vice, crime or disease, for just as 
long as she does, she will transmit the same 
to her offspring; third, that she secure from 
you a willing cooperation in the carrying out 
of all her plans or desires for her and your 
good. 

Now, the woman also possesses the male 



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attributes, and after so long- trying- to get a 
hearing- from her own plane, and being- con- 
tinually turned down, and seeing- her handi- 
work slowly destroyed, she at last beg-ins to 
turn. She is now developing- her male attri- 
butes, like the animal, in order to protect her- 
self, and, in some instances, they are predom- 
inating-, as in the case of Mrs. Nation. Yet, 
who can blame her? Motherhood everywhere 
defied and defiled, in male and female alike, 
is it any wonder the worm at last turns, and 
tries to protect its own? 

But we must leave this field of thought^, 
realizing- we have only thrown out a few 
grains; but who can estimate the value of a. 
few grains, when sown in the rig-ht soil? 



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CHAPTER XX. 

The Head and Its Relation to the Hand. 

According- to the science of Phrenology, we 
find thirty-six faculties in the human brain, 
(some Phrenologists claim forty-two); which 
we divide as follows (Note engraving- No. 3): 
From center of ears across the forehead, 
from eye to top of forehead, we have twelve 
faculties; these we call the Intellectual facul- 
ties; from center of ears over top of head, from 
forehead to crown, twelve more, these we call 
the emotional faculties; from center of ears 
-across back head, from crown to base of brain, 
twelve others; this group represents the will, 
or expression. The hand has also three parts, 
and it polarizes with the brain as follows: 
the nerves descending from the intellectual 
faculties polarize in the fing-ers; twelve phal- 
anges, twelve faculties. The emotional fac- 
ulties polarize in the palm, and the faculties 
•of the will polarize in the thumb. The stu- 



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PLATE No. 3. 



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dent can at once see the beautiful relation be- 
tween the brain and the hand. This is as far 
as I take up Phrenology, as I find Palmistry 
much more reliable in all its details. 

I want my reader to note here the necessity 
of reading the whole hand; so many think 
Palmistry consists in merely reading the lines 
in the palm, which, as you see, represents 
only the emotional nature. The palm, to be 
sure, is a very interesting part of Palmistry, 
as will appear under its proper head. The 
word Palmistry is derived from the word 
Palma, meaning, the hand. This system of 
Palmistry which I practice and teach, was 
first published by Dr. Sivartha, and, after 
four years steady work, in this field, I wish to 
add to it my own discoveries and experiences, 
and I pledge you I will not state one point, as 
a fact, that I have not proven in dozens of in- 
stances. My wish is to so simplify this sci- 
ence that a child can understand it. My de- 
mand, is, that this science be publicly recog- 
nized and adopted in our public schools, and 
that every child shall be given an opportunity 
to learn it. The great lack of the age is char- 
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another. We are constantly misunderstand- 
ing-, and, consequently, drawing- the wrong- 
conclusion. Is it any wonder we have Bedlam 
where we oug-ht to have Harmony? 



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CHAPTER XXL 
The Structure of the Hand. 

In taking- up Palmistry proper, as this sys- 
tem is based on the scientific principles of 
Physiology, therefore it is necessary for us to 
first note carefully the bone, muscle, nerve and 
blood development of the hand, and, as the 
hand, in turn, is a facsimile of the whole hu- 
man body, and on its development depends 
our success in life, let us observe carefully for 
a moment the Structure, in the engraving* No. 
4. 

In reading- your hand, the palmist tells you 
the broad finger -joints indicate a tendency to 
logic, system and order in work, a capacity 
for details and finish in what you do. The 
physiologist explains this by assuring- you 
these larg-e finger joints are needed for the at- 
tachment of well developed muscles, and that 
these latter give the steadiness required in 
exact and delicate movements. Thus, for 



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PLATE No. 4. 



72 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

•every sign there is a scientific meaning". If 
your line of life is strong- and well set in the 
palm of the hand, the physiologist will say, 
this indicates that you have a good bony and 
muscular system, and, therefore, strong pow- 
ers of resistance against disease and death. 
The life line is formed by the muscles of the 
thnmb fastening on to the bone of the hand. 
At the center of the wrist, we see the long 
tendons from the flexor muscles of the arm; 
these branch out to the fingers. The fourth 
finger, in the chart is dissected only deep 
enough to show the network of veins just be- 
low the skin; the middle finger shows only 
the tendons, as they fasten onto the joints; 
the arteries have been cut away, except a sin- 
gle branch, going to the first finger. Notice, 
the main arteries and nerves run around the 
side of the fingers. You will notice in en- 
graving No. 5, the Chart of the Hand, the 
signs are printed on the sides of the fingers. 
Now, the nerves, as they polarize along the 
side of the fingers, deposit their energy. So, 
according to the fulness of the sides of the fin- 
gers would you read the faculty marked on each 
phalange. We say the wide, flat fingers will 



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do the detail work of the world. Detail work 
requires strength in the end of the fin- 
gers, so, we see, if the bone is large on the 
end, which is the case in broad finger tips, 
the muscles will be larger and more securely 
fastened than where the tips are pointed. 

BRKADTH AND CONCENTRATION. 

The currents of nerve force accumulate in- 
tensity with the length of the tubules which 
they traverse; therefore, the longer the men- 
tal organs, the more intense, concentrated and 
brilliant are their functions. Wherever the 
organs are wide, and cover a greater lateral 
surface, there is greater diffusion of currents 
through the adjacent nerve cells. Therefore, 
breadth of the organs gives stability, perma- 
nence and diffusiveness in their functions. 
This vital law, of course, applies to the face 
and hands, as well as the brain. Even in the 
mineral world, the breadth of objects gives 
them the appearance of stability and perma- 
nence, while height gives the impression of 
lightness, elegance and mobility. We see 
this by comparing the pyramid and the palm. 
Thus, we see that long hands would possess 



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PLATE No. 6. 



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greater mental concentration than short, broad 
ones. 



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PLATE No. 7. 



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CHAPTER XXII. 
The Types of Hands. 

We will now take up the types of hands. 
As a rule, the general form of the hand in 
each person corresponds with the head. A 
beautiful and well formed hand indicates a 
well balanced head and character. Broad 
hands go with a broad head and body. My 
experience is that the hand does not always 
follow the form of body; as I have found large 
people with small hands. The hand enlarges 
according to use, and one can tell, in this way, 
if the individual descended from parents who 
worked with their hands, or brains, or both. 
The person whose ancestors were workers in 
physical occupations will have large hands in 
proportion to his body, but if his parents be- 
longed to the aristocracy, the hand will be 
small in proportion to the body and head. 

Large hands are quite capable and inclined to 
do the skilled work of the world; they do not 



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PLATE No. 8. 



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shrink from carrying out the plans devised by 
their owners; they take hold of things with- 
out gloves. 

Small hands belong to the persons who 
plan colossal things and employ others to car- 
ry them into execution; the small hands dis- 
like to submit to exact rules and minute de- 
tails; their owners use general terms rather 
than precise statements. 

It is to the medium sized hand that we must 
look for a display of both planning and exe- 
cuting; their owners appreciate the masses 
which compose a thing, as well as its constit- 
uent details. 

The long, slender hand gives action, ener- 
gy, strength, sincerity and power to command 
others; the owner concentrates all his powers 
in one direction. 

The short, soft, thick hand is warm and 
hearty, always selfish in its aims, With thick 
skin, the owner is fitted for dull, hard, un- 
thinking labor. 

Hard hands have active power. 

Soft hands have passive endurance. 

The small, slender hand is the hand of lit- 
erature, art and poetry; it shows, at least, a 



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PLATE No. 9. 



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love of these, even if there be not the talents 
to correspond. 

With the knotty, philosophic hand (See en- 
graving- No. 6), the person will be inclined to 
logical methods of thinking-. Such a person 
wants everything- based upon calculation and 
knowledge. 

The spatulate hand (Engraving- No. 7) is 
broad across the upper part of hand, with 
wide flat finger tips; this is the hand of the 
-active detail worker, also the hand that does the 
finest mechanical work of the world, and no 
child should be put into detail work unless it 
possesses such a hand. "When the fingers are 
long, with a large third phalange of the 
thumb, called the Mount of Venus, they make 
our best musicians. 

The square hand will show a square palm 
and square fingers, both on sides of fingers 
'and tips; they possess perseverance, foresight, 
order and regularity; they are naturally con- 
servative, and are noted for minding their own 
business, and wishing others to do the same; 
they incline to politeness and formality, while 
those with spatulate fingers seek freedom, sim- 
plicity and originality. 



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PLATE No. 10. 



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The artistic, or conical hand (Engraving 
No. 8) has the tips of the fingers rounded over 
the top like a thimble; the hand will be long 
•and sometimes quite slender, more fully de- 
veloped at the base of palm than the tip; they 
^.re great lovers of art in all its branches, fond 
^of travel and change. 

The psychic hand (Engraving No. 9) has 
delicate, tapering fingers and long, slender 
hands; the owner is ideal and mystic, dwell- 
ing in dreamland, inclined to prophecy and 
spiritual things; with a fine skin covering the 
inside of the hand, they will become poets and 
mediums. When this type shows large finger 
joints, they become philosophers. 

A perfect hand should be elastic, firm and 
delicate. The thin, dry hand does not indi- 
cate or belong to a high state of health. 

A soft, * 'mushy" hand that will seem like a 
lump of fat when you take it in your hand, is the 
indication of a character that will shirk res- 
ponsibility; they are fond of dress and high 
living, but it will always be at the expense of 
others; they like to make a display of jewelry 
and fine clothes, also their feelings; they will 
weep with you and laugh with you, but do 



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PLATE No. 11. 



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not ask them for any cash, for on that mark 
they draw the line. A character will express 
itself very well in shaking" hands. 

Now take note: A man that will grip y»^ir 
hand so hard that you think your fingers are 
broken, is an intensely selfish character, and 
you want to look out or he will beat you on 
every turn. 

The other extreme is very similar. In this 
shake there will not be felt the slightest pres- 
sure, their hand will lie like a dead thing- in 
your hand, you will feel all sorts of weak sen- 
sations pass over you. I have actually felt 
my knees weaken when shaking hands with 
this kind of a person; they are not only self- 
ish, but indifferent; they will expect you to do 
all the entertaining; they lack originality, 
and are conservative, narrow people; and, not 
having any thoughts for the future, they live 
chiefly in the past. 

But the hand that will frankly meet you 
half way, with a firm but careful embrace is 
the one you can depend on in any or all emer- 
gencies; the are unpretentious, will make but 
little show of their feelings, but what they 
say will mean something. 



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Also take note of the way one carries his 
hands, when walking*. A man whose hands 
ar tightly closed, will walk fast and his 
hv jls will come down hard, making a click- 
ing sound, he will have an anxious, suspicious 
look. This man is close and stingy, and al- 
ways on the lookout for someone to beat him.. 

But the man whose hands are flung care- 
lessly open will have a springy, careless walk,, 
a frank, open face. You would not hesitate 
to speak to him on the street nor to ask him 
for assistance, if you required it. Ladies, 
never address a strange man on the street 
without first noticing how he carries his 
hands, and, under no circumstances ask a fa- 
vor of the man who carries his hands tightly 
closed, 

The texture of the hand should be carefully 
noted. A delicate, elastic and well colored 
skin, a sensitive, refined nature; while a coarse, 
rough skin, a coarse, low nature. 

The inside of a hand, as a whole, exerts at- 
tractive force; it is receptive, feminine; The 
back of the hand, on the contrary, radiates re- 
pulsive, or positive force; it is masculine. We 
use the inside of the hand in caressing, the 



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back is used in striking-. The sense of touch, 
the primary basis of all our feeling's and 
senses, is far more developed on the inside; 
the back is less specialized, has far less detail 
in its signs. 



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CHAPTER XXIII. 
Types and Expression of Thumbs. 

Let us take up separately each finger and 
thumb. First, we will examine the thumb. 
It is the thumb of man which makes his hand 
so far superior to that of any lower animal. 
In the hand of the chimpanzee (Engraving- 
No. 10), or any of the monkeys the great de- 
ficiency is in the thumb. It is small, weak, 
and quite incapable of acting with the fingers 
in any skilled work. The thumb, represent- 
ing the faculties of will in the brain, gives 
originality and executive ability, according to 
its size and general development. Animals 
have but little originality. You know the old 
saying, "Monkey see, monkey do." A person 
with a small thumb will, therefore, lack in 
originality, and will be but an echo of others, 
as in the primitive thumb (Engraving No. 11). 

So you see the importance of well developed 
thumbs, for you may have ever so well developed 
an intellect, if your will is deficient, you will 



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lack the power to demonstrate or execute your 
knowledge. I believe anyone can strengthen, 
or call into greater activity, any or all of the 
faculties, by constantly appealing- to any one 
or all for greater expression; for as the mus- 
cles are developed by constant exercise of 
them, so are the faculties by like process. If 
we do not use a muscle, it soon becomes dor- 
mant and useless, and so with our faculties. 
Use will power, and we will develop thumbs, 
and become better men and women. 

The root of the thumb forms the Mount of 
Venus. It is the seat of feeling, as we shall 
see later. The middle phalange indicates the 
practical ability to reason, plan and scheme, 
and, on the back, the integrity needed to carry 
out the plans. The breadth of the first joint 
gives the sustaining power of self control; the 
first phalange gives stability, executive talent 
and the qualities of leadership. If this phal- 
ange is short and weak, the person will be 
ruled by others, and will lack in firmness, 
when an appeal is made to the heart, easily 
led through their affections, even against their 
better judgment. As a whole, the thumb in- 
dicates the power of the individual life to ex- 






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press itself in outward conduct. Hence, at its 
base, we find the line of life. When the first 
phalange is short, and the middle one is long, 
they will have energy without order, impulse 
without judgment, and are apt to be rash and 
arbitrary. 

Now, observe the many peculiar shapes and 
kinds of thumbs we meet. A thumb short in 
the first phalange, and bending far back (En- 
graving No. 11), is a great spendthrift; will 
have but little, if any, idea of economy, as a 
Tule; light hearted and easily led. A large 
thumb, well developed in both phalanges, 
with a tendency to bend toward the hand, will 
be domineering, tyrannical, a cruel master, 
and an exacting husband and father. But a 
large thumb, well balanced, standing straight, 
or slightly bending back, will be self reliant, 
and if the finger tips are square or 
spatulate, and the joints knotty, he will 
De fond of the exact sciences, and the oc- 
cupations derived from them, as engineering, 
architecture, and the teaching of the higher 
mathematics. 

Notice the difference between the right and 
left thumb. You will many times find a small 



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thumb on the left hand, and a large thumb on 
the right. This will show the person has de- 
veloped his or her Will since a child, as the 
left hand shows the character of the child, as. 
it never changes its proportions. You will 
many times find an entirely different hand in 
the right — sometimes better and sometimes 
worse. When better, you know they have had 
good environments, and have taken advantage 
of them; when worse, the opposite would be 
true. A fine skin will always redeem, to a. 
certain extent, bad qualities in the thumb, or 
in any other part of the hand. 

THE STANDARD MEASURE OF THE THUMB. 

The thumb of the right hand should meas- 
ure close, if not quite, to the second joint of the 
first finger. A thumb measuring beyond this 
joint would indicate ungovernable temper, 
furious impulses; one of the characteristics of 
murderers, highwaymen, wife beaters, and 
brutal parents. Sometimes its shape is almost 
clubbed; this increases all the detestable signs 
above enumerated. The thumb with the mid- 
dle phalange slightly concave indicates a bril~ 
liant intellect, quick, sharp and deep. 



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It might be interesting: to state, dear read- 
er, that I have found the above statements to 
be absolutely true. In the three prisons which 
I visited in California where I read over three 
hundred criminals, from the common petty 
thief to the murderer, in every instance I 
found something- wrong in the thumb. In 
every case, the petty thief will show a small 
thumb, a long, slender palm and short, stubby 
fingers. The murderer will show an extreme- 
ly large thumb, with a great length in the 
first phalange; in a few cases, these thumbs 
measured almost to the first joint of the fore- 
finger; they will have a thick, heavy palm, 
with a heavy development on the side of the 
hand, which would indicate courage, as we 
shall see when we study the palm. Now, by 
an intellectual observation on the part of par- 
ents and teachers, this condition could be 
changed in the child. I claim, by all the 
rights of common sen se, society is to blame 
for its criminals, for they are no phenomena, 
but are the result of causes, which society 
recognizes but refuses to remove. In the first 
place it takes generations to build a criminal. 
He must have his environments, for, like the 



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rose, without his especial conditions, he could 
not develop. Continue the system of competi- 
tion that develops all the low, ferocious, animal 
faculties in the brain of man, and society will 
continue to bring- forth its crop of criminals. 
Every year the crop increases, and we build 
larger prisons and erect more scaffolds. Ye 
gods ! where is the end? 

We will close this review of the thumb 
with an extract from Saint Germaine. 

"Gallileo, Descartes and Newton had very 
large thumbs; Voltaire also had an enormous 
one. The first phalange of the French mar- 
tyr King, the weak, vacillating Louis XVI, 
was very small; on the other hand, Cretins, 
and other idiots, have but slightly developed 
thumbs. It has been noticed in idiots, that, 
until by suitable treatment, rays of intelli- 
gence are drawn from them, they constantly 
keep their hands shut, with the fingers above 
the thumb; in proportion as their minds ex- 
pand, the thumb comes out of its hiding place, 
until, when the hand is closed, the thumb is 
outside." 

I have also heard it remarked, that when a 
person is about to die, the hand will close 



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over the thumb, and it is looked upon as a 
sure sign of death, and when this occurs, un- 
less their will can be aroused, the soul soon 
departs. 

This is also observed in infants. The thumb 
is weak, and is usually held covered by fingers 
in the center of palm. As the will develops, 
the thumb will grow stronger, until when the 
hands close the thumb will be outside. The 
general character can be read in the forma- 
tion of the infant's hand, and that is the time 
to read it, and then train it accordingly. 



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CHAPTER XXIV. 
Types and Expression of Fingers. 

In taking- up the study of the fingers, the 
student will do well to note this lesson care- 
fully. The fingers represent the faculties of 
the intellect, and again, so much depends on 
having a well developed intellect, not in a few 
of the faculties, but in all. The faculty of 
dignity, which is shown in the first phalange 
of the second finger, is one that should receive 
especial attention, for if the child or person 
lack in this faculty, they will continually un- 
derestimate themselves. Remember, society 
will estimate the individual at the price he 
sets on himself. 

I should also mention the faculty of venture, 
and hope and caution , also sense, which indi- 
cates the power to analyze what you have per- 
ceived. You will find, many times, perception 
large, while sense to analyze what they have 
perceived will be small. In such a case, the 
the child should be taught to U6e its analyz- 



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ing powers. Teachers and parents usually 
class the children all together, not knowing- 
how to differentiate. The result is, nine times 
out of ten, the child gets the wrong- training. 
Now, a little light, such as palmistry could 
throw on the subject, would change this hap- 
hazard condition to the great benefit of all 
concerned. 

The first, or index, finger is used to direct 
the tool or instrument in many kinds of skill- 
ed work, hence its nerve force comes chiefly 
from the intellect in the brain; this deter- 
mines its meaning. The sense of touch and 
general perception is connected with the first 
phalange. This sense is the basis of all our 
physical knowledge. The middle phalange 
gives the capacity for general learning; and 
the third gives us practical wisdom in its ap- 
plication. On each finger, we have marked 
its general qualities. Where those give 
breadth to the joint, the word is printed 
across the finger, as the words "logic, strict- 
ness and display," etc; this breadth at the 
first joint of the forefinger indicates mental 
order and logical power. The length of the 
first phalange shows power of perception; 



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with a pointed tip, keenness of perception. 
Breadth at the second joint shows order in 
work. The word is placed lengthwise when- 
ever the quality gives length to phalange be- 
tween the joints. These finger sig-ns can all 
be learned from the chart. 

We see that the leng-th of each phalange 
indicates different qualities from its breadth, 
yet the two are closely related in each case; 
logic and system, which are indicated by the 
breadth, must be based on learning" and 
events, which are indicated in the length, 
and this is shown by their relative places on 
the fing-ers. 

Looking- at the chart of the hand (Engrav- 
ing- No. S), the breadth of the first joint of the 
first finger indicates logic. This is an intel- 
lectual phase in the corresponding place of 
the middle fing-er. This breadth means strict- 
ness and propriety in our social behavior; its 
meaning- is now social instead of intellectual. 
On the third fing-er, this breadth indicates the 
love of display, the power to finish and beau- 
tify the work we are doing-. It has now be- 
come a faculty of the will in the fing-er. The 
breadth in the fourth finger gives us the pow- 






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er of thought, and a tendency to look deep in- 
to things. Below this, at the next joint, 
what is order in work in the first finger, be- 
comes the tendency to be practical in the sec- 
ond; in the third, it gives the instincts for 
accumulating wealth, and, in the fourth; a 
talent for financial transactions. 

Three mental phases are shown by the first, 
second and third phalanges of the fingers: 
the first indicates the intuitive perceptions, or 
spiritual phase; the second phalanges express, 
the phase of learning, truth and reason, and 
the third gives the material, practical and 
lower instincts. Thus, as we go from the 
palm to the tips of the fingers, we are passing 
to qualities of higher, and higher order. 

Again, the first finger is called the intel- 
lectual; the second, the physical; the third, 
the artistic; the fourth, the psychic. Note 
the length of the first phalange of the third 
finger, as this gives the skill required in art. 
Notice the way you hold a brush or pen; you 
will find this phalange gives the steadying 
power to the instrument used. Language is 
shown in the first phalange of the fourth fin- 
ger. Medium language brings the tip of the- 
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little finger to the first joint of the third fin- 
ger; above or below would indicate small or 
large language. 

Now, let us note, for a few moments, the 
finger tips. According to the teachers and 
old masters in palmistry, we may look for but 
four kinds of finger tips (I have found no 
more in my practice). These are as follows: 
pointed, conical, square and spatulate. Some- 
times we find two or more of these types on 
one hand. A mixed type of finger tips is al- 
ways best, as it would indicate that the per- 
son could master more than one kind of work. 
The best mixed type of finger tips is a pointed 
forefinger, a spatulate second, a conical third 
and a square fourth. I am referring to the 
tips only in this reference, as the pointed 
forefinger gives us keen perception; the spat- 
ulate second, adaptability for detail work, 
with great activity; a conical third finger, ar- 
tistic skill and a strong sense of the beautiful, 
and a square fourth, for common sense, close 
reasoning, and speech, read} r and to the point* 
The rarest type found to prevail in the whole 
hand is the pointed tips; thus, when it does 
occur, it makes the person a dreamer, a poet, 



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an idealist, an artist, a composer, a philoso- 
pher. With these, the soul rules over matter 
and has only contempt for the wretched neces- 
sities and meannesses of an earthly existence; 
he is in the world, but not of the world. They 
are the fingers of the early Christian martyrs; 
they are found in the mysterious convents, 
where breathes yet the intense religious ideal- 
ism of the middle ages. 

The owner of conical fingers is attracted by 
beautiful ideas, beautiful things, lovely land- 
scapes, great books or works of art. They 
are charitable and unselfish. The owners of 
these fingers are not made for an ordinary 
life, and in married life are often a failure. 
They are warm, generous and sometimes in- 
constant. 

The square type of fingers indicates perse- 
verance, foresight, order and regularity. It 
is the hand of a thorough business man, the 
hand of the law-abiding citizen, of the steady 
plodder and the speculator. He is a model 
bookkeeper, a cashier of integrity, and as 
good pay as he expects to be paid. He will 
mind his own business, and will expect others 
to do the same. 



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THE SPATUI<ATE FINGERS. 

The spatula is a little instrument used by 
druggists, in some of their operations, having 1 
the tip slightly wider than the body; and in 
this shape does the nailed phalange end in 
this type. (See Engraving No. 7.) It is in- 
variably the characteristic of action, energy 
and quick and constant movement. A hard 
palm will be the complement of this type of 
fingers; the thumb will be large. If well 
shaped, a hand may be read as follows: self- 
confidence, a desire for abundant means, very 
enthusiastic, fondness for outdoor sports, 
for agricultural occupations, for mathematics, 
and the theory of war. They are conquerors 
and fighters, atid fond of authority; they are 
very liberal in religion, and they are undoubt- 
edly the makers of our present civilization. 

Now, a word as to the nails. The finger nails 
indicate both health and character, Long 
nails show less physical strength than short 
and broad ones. If long, and also fluted and 
ribbed, they show a tendency to lung troubles. 
Persons with long nails have more calmness, 
gentleness, self-control than those with short 
nails. Filbert shaped nails go with the con- 






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ical, artistic hand. Thin, small nails indi- 
cate delicate, or feeble health. Round nails 
g-o with a hand fond of luxury and pleasure. 
At the base of the nails, large moons indicate 
a good circulation. Short nailed persons are 
critical and fault finding*. Spots on the nails 
indicate nervous excitability. Short nails, 
pointed at the base, warn us of heart trouble. 
In perfect mental and physical health, the 
color of the nails should be a delicate pink, 
without spots, and the moon well developed 
at the root. 



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CHAPTER XXV. 

The Mounts of the Hand. 

This lesson takes up the palm of the hand. 
Now, the palm represents the emotional fac- 
ulties in the brain. The palm is said to be 
the battle ground of life. Of a truth, the 
lines that cross its surface do give us a very 
clear outline of the changes and events of life. 
As we will see, under its proper head, the 
palm is divided into nine different parts, and 
each part is named after its ruling- planet. 
How do the planets have anything- to do with 
our hands? In this way: the hand, as well 
as all other parts of the body, is builded by 
the brain. The magnetic currents from Solar 
Systems, or Signs, and all the planets in our 
own Solar System play upon the brain, and, 
according to their force, develop, or change, 
the faculties in the brain. The part of the 
hand which polarizes the nerves descending 
from the faculties Jupiter rules will naturally 
show the strength of Jupiter, and so of the 



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others. Even the signs have their especial 
polarity in the hand, as we shall see in its 
place. 

The Mounts of the Hand are the fleshy pads 
at the the base of the thumb and of each fin- 
ger, and in the palm. They are named as 
follows: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun, 
Mercury, Mars, the Moon, and Terra, or Earth. 

Mount Venus, at the base of the thumb, 
gives warmth of affection, gentleness, kind- 
ness, admiration for beauty and grace, melody 
and music, sense of rythm and time, and a de- 
sire for pleasure and society. Persons with 
this mount large are interested in poetry, 
painting and music, but the special talents 
for these are indicated in the fingers. We 
may love art, yet not be able to execute. The 
absence of this mount indicates coldness and 
dullness in matters of art, with all the pas- 
sions selfish and dry. Many lines on this 
mount denote great warmth of temperament. 

Mount Terra, or the Earth, is marked at the 
upper part of the thumb's base. It gives a 
love and capacity for acquiring and using 
wealth, with physical enjoyment of the earth 
and its beauties, as well as its utilities. It is 



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the complement of both Venus and Mount 
Jupiter. 

Mount Jupiter is at the base of the forefin- 
ger. It gives reason in religion, a high sense 
of honor and social unity, a feeling that the 
mind and brain should rule the body of the 
animal man. With this mount large, the per- 
son is inclined to display and ceremony, and 
delights in entertaining others. The person 
is usually well built, and generally handsome. 
With square fingers, the person has a great 
love of regularity and established authority; 
with a well developed second finger and a 
good Mount of Saturn, the success in life and 
the good fortune of the subject is assured. 
Large mounts of Jupiter and the Moon make 
the person honorable, placid and just; with a 
large Mount of Mercury, the person would 
make a good physician. 

Mount Saturn gives a character marked by 
prudence and natural caution, with a tendency 
toward such pursuits as agriculture, horticul- 
ture or mineralogy. The person with this 
mount large has a natural attraction to the 
earth. He is self centered and self confident, 
and can enjoy his own company. 



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Mount Apollo, or the Sun, endows a person 
^with instincts of art; it tends to success, glory, 
fame and brilliancy of fortune. This mount 
large denotes genius, intelligence, tolerance 
and wealth; the love is more affectionate than 
sensual; the person is imitative and invent- 
ive, with a talent for discovery; the temper is 
quick, though not lasting or spiteful. 

Mount Mercury gives a tendency to science, 
spirit, eloquence and expression; it shows a 
capacity for commerce, speculation, adventure 
and industry, with agility and promptitude in 
thought and action combined. With Mount 
Saturn, it imparts a sobriety, a certain prac- 
tical, intuitive sense, which foretells success. 

Mount Mars is at the side of the hand, be- 
tween Mercury and the Moon. It gives cour- 
age, resolution, contest and a strong capacity 
for command; combined with Mount Apollo, 
it gives order and energy in art, great perse- 
verance and truth in action. Men with this 
mount large are apt to marry women of the 
Venus type. 

The Mount of the Moon gives periodicity of 
thought, feeling and action. The moon is 
the clock of our Solar System; its exactly 



108 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

measured phases have made it the standard of 
time amongst all nations; it cannot, therefore, 
denote inconstancy and capricious changes, 
as the palmists wrongly imagined. This 
mount does give love of changes, but of meth- 
odical and definite ones. This is widely dif- 
ferent from inconstancy. This mount gives 
large imagination, sentiment, romance, love 
of mystery, poetry of soul and charity of 
thought. In music, it tends to harmony, 
rather than melody. The person with it large 
will be fond of voyages and travel. With a 
well marked mystic cross in the quadrangle, 
the person will have the faculty of spiritual 
vision. 

It will be noticed that in general a mount 
expresses similar qualities to those of the fin- 
ger of which it is the base. The fingers give 
detail to the expression in each quality. The 
quadrangle is the space in the palm between 
the head and heart line. The triangle is the 
space between head line and line of life. 

In the center of the palm, the quadrangle, 
the triangle, and the palm, by their fulness, 
give support to qualities which belong to the 
lines which cross them. A full palm is, there- 






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fore, an indication of good vitality of action 
and nutrition. They keep what they get. 
The hollow palm will not hold its substance 
well; they will part with their money and 
vitality easily. They are not so fortunate in 
life as the one with a full palm. 

Our physical attractions to the earth are 
marked on the upper part of Mount Venus, as 
Mount Terra. This is shown on the general 
chart. 

On each phalange of the finger, the fleshy 
part, by its fulness and prominence, indicates 
the abundance of vital force, and the activity 
which belongs to that particular part of the 
finger. 

If a mount is much covered with lines, this 
is thought to indicate an excessive, or over 
abundant development of its qualities. A sin- 
gle line upon a mount gives emphasis to its 
qualities, and is thus a fortunate sign. A 
line which gives out three branches is regard- 
ed as the best indication. Lines which cut 
across a mount warn us of obstacles, and what 
the obstacles may be, we can judge from the 
character of the mount; thus, on the Mount 
of Mercury, they would indicate obstacles in 



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commercial business; on Mount Jupiter, the 
cross line would mean hinderances to our am- 
bition and elevation, but if the ascending line 
is deeper than the cross line, then the evil 
omens of the cross lines are neutralized and 
^destroyed. It is very necessary that each 
mount should be located under each finger. 
The apex of the mount can be located, if not 
hy the naked eye, with the aid of a magnify- 
ing glass. When the mount is doing its best 
work, it will be mediumly well developed, and 
firm under the pressure of the finger; when 
too large, and of a soft quality, the individual 
has not made use of his natural ability. The 
apex of the mount, wherever located, 
will present an appearance like this: fj 

If you find the apex of Jupiter 
square under the finger, Jupiter would be a 
ruling planet at birth; but if this apex is be- 
tween the fingers, it would indicate you would 
be fifty years of age before Jupiter would be 
ruling. Divide up the space, and you can get 
at the exact date when a planet will be giving 
its strongest influence. This reasoning will 
hold good for Jupiter, Saturn, Sun and Mer- 
cury, but the other mounts or planets you 




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must judge by their fulness — the fuller a 
mount, the stronger its power. 



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CHAPTER XXVI. 
The Major Lines of the Hand. 

The major lines of the hand are three in 
number: the line of life, the line of the heart, 
and the line of the head. These all begin on 
the upper side of the hand. 

In the chart, the scale of years is marked 
on the line of life, showing- how long- each 
person's life will extend. If the line com- 
mences under the Mount of Jupiter, great 
ambition, often great honors and success. 
(Very sure.) Chained under the Mount of 
Jupiter, bad health in early life. Chained or 
linked, delicacy of constitution; of various 
thicknesses throughout its course, capricious 
and fickle temper; thin or laddered in the cen- 
ter ,ill health during that portion of life. A spot 
terminating this thinness, sudden death. The 
line of life should be long, so as to encircle 
the Mount of Venus; it should be strong* and 
clear, without breaks or cross lines. Then 
it denotes a long- life and good health, with a 



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good character and disposition. If pale and 
broad, it indicates ill health, with a feeble and 
envious character. A break in the line always 
denotes an illness, when the line is broken in 
both hands, there is great danger of death. 
The shorter the line, the shorter the life. At 
the point at which the line terminates in both, 
hands may be foretold the time at which 
death will supervene; if the break is only in 
one hand, then the person will recover; if the 
line ceases abruptly, with a few little parallel 
lines, it foretells a sudden death. All these 
signs are illustrated in the charts. The line 
of life may be strengthened and enforced by a 
sister line, that is, another line lying close 
along, and parallel with, the principal line. 
The sister lines may be found with any of the 
lines, always giving increased power of the 
same kind. Rays across the line of life to the 
palm denote worries and troubles. If the line 
be tasselled at the extremity, it means poverty 
and loss of money late in life. A fork in the 
very center of the line is a warning of dimin- 
ished vital force. 

The line of the heart was called the mensal,. 
or mental, line by the ancients. It belongs to 



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those aspects of affection which are more in- 
tellectual in their character, more connected 
with our mental life and knowledge, than are 
the feeling's indicated by Mount Venus. 
When the line of the heart is of a good color, 
and clearly traced, the person has an affec- 
tionate disposition, a good and upright heart, 
an equable temper and good health. This line 
is best when it rises in three branches on the 
Mount of Jupiter. If it arises under Saturn, 
the love will be of a more physical type. 
When this line turns up to Mercury, the love 
will be inclined to instability; if it turns down 
to Mars, that means jealousy and quarrels. 
The absence of the heart line means bad faith, 
wickedness and liability to an early death. A 
break in the heart line may mean weakness, 
and, consequently, a broken engagement or a 
rupture with one we love. The cause may be 
found by the place of the break. If under 
Saturn, the cause of the break is fate; nearer 
the Sun, the cause is folly; under Mercury, it 
is avarice or ignorance. A secondary heart 
line is sometimes found, and is called the 
"Girdle of Venus." It simply intensifies the 
qualities and tendencies shown in the heart line. 



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The line of the head is normally joined to 
the line of life at the commencement. When 
well formed, clear and strong-, it denotes good 
sense, clear judgment and self mastery. This 
is the line which acts as a clear and accurate 
gauge to the intellectual worth of the subject, 
and to the healthy condition of his or her 
brain and blood circulation. It is often called, 
on that account, "the Cerebral." The line is 
found under the line of the heart, more or less 
parallel to it, separated from it by what is 
called "the Quadrangle," and generally, when 
normal, connected, at its starting point, with 
the line of life. If the head line only com- 
mences under the Mount of Saturn, then it in- 
dicates a late development of the intellectual 
faculties; if long, straight and clear, common 
sense; if the line is chained and uneven, it be- 
trays unsettled convictions; chained or linked, 
headaches. Spots on the head line also indi- 
cate headaches, and if the stomach is weak, 
sick headaches, A head line that turns down 
to the Mount of the Moon, running well onto 
the mount, is an indication of insanity ; if a 
star is on the end of the line, hereditary insan- 
ity. This is especially true when the individ- 



116 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

ual has pointed fingers and a fine skin. Out 
of sixty insane people I examined in one day, 
only four had other than pointed finger tips. 
Society should pay great attention to this 
point. Parents, if you have a child with long, 
pointed fingers, a fine skin, and a large Mount 
of the Moon and Venus, you have been in- 
trusted with the finest of organizations, and 
you should take great care to protect it against 
the inharmonies of life. There is a terrible 
strain on the brain of such sensitive children 
or people, when not understood and forced to 
do the detail work that belongs to the spatu- 
late or square handed. It is not surprising to 
me that such men and women, under trying 
conditions, lose their mental balance. Imag- 
ine a woman of this fine psychic, poetic nat- 
ure, surrounded with four or five children, for 
whom she must sew, wash, cook and mend, — 
all detail occupations which she cannot do 
well. The result will be, failure on her part 
to keep things going-. Her spatulate fingered 
neighbor will laugh at her, and call her lazy; 
her husband will become tired of his untidy 
home and half cooked meals; the children, not 
being properly trained, will grow more and 



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more unmanageable, and the poor mother, 
whose only fault is, not understanding herself, 
nor being- understood by others, at last, breaks 
down under the strain, and is carted to the 
insane asylum. 

Nature is a wise mother, so she carefully 
prepares each child for his special work in 
life. If we go to work, in our blind ignorance, 
and apply the wrong training, we must take 
the consequences in the form of misspent lives. 
No attention is paid to the child, as to whether 
it is adapted to its occupation by nature, or 
not. The mechanic is often pushed into the 
pulpit, and the natural born orator trained to 
do the mechanical work. Is it any wonder 
that the preacher makes a failure as a preach- 
er, and the mechanic gets tired of his job? 

If the head line sends branches up toward 
Jupiter, it shows that the person is easily 
wounded in his self love; if such branches 
turn toward Saturn, they mean legacies or 
future possessions; if toward Mercury, com- 
mercial success; toward Venus, it shows that 
the persons intellect will be easily warped by 
losses or friends. When the head line 
sends a decided branch down to the Mount 



118 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

of the Moon, it shows tendencies to romance* 
and, with a small Mount of Jupiter, it shows 
a deceitful character. If there be two head 
lines, it is a sure sign of good fortune and 
inheritance. If one goes to the Mount of the 
Moon, it indicates a kind of double life, spir- 
itual and physical. 

Some writers have held that these lines of 
life, head and heart could have no such mean- 
ings, because they are produced by the natural 
folding or closing of the hand. We may grant 
that this is the direct cause, but let us ask if 
this very folding and closing is not for the 
purpose of doing the varied work, and express- 
ing the myriad thoughts which make up our 
lives? Truly, if the movements have signifi- 
cance, the lines must have it also. 



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CHAPTER XXVII. 
The Minor Lines of the Hand. 

The minor lines are also three in number, 
the line of destiny, the line of wealth, and the 
line of brilliancy or distinction. On the chart 
ot types are given many variations of the lines 
from their normal positions and forms, with 
what each of these variations would indicate. 
Of course, we would not find all these varia- 
tions on any one hand; they are placed to- 
gether for greater convenience of study. 

The line of destiny, or of Saturn, may start 
from any one of three principle points, it 
should normally end on the Mount of Saturn, 
and beg-in near the first bracelet; thus its 
most natural course is along the most central 
line of vital force and action in the hand, and 
this is why it indicates the general destiny or 
fortune. Following this course, it indicates 
good success in life. If the line of destiny start 
from the line of life, it signifies that success 
in life is due to our own personal effort. If 



120 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

the line start from the Mount of the Moon, it 
indicates that, to a certain extent, the fortune 
is derived from the caprice of the opposite sex. 
A branch from the Mount of the Moon to the 
line of destiny, points to long- journeys or the 
desire for them. If the destiny line com- 
mences faintly and then becomes more clear, 
it foretells a better ending- than its beginning, 
and the reverse is also true. The line, if 
twisted at the base and straig-ht at the top, 
indicates early misfortunes, with g-ood luck 
later in life. A twisted condition of the line 
is said to denote quarrels. To count ag-e on 
this line, study the chart. The ag-e at which 
an event occurs, as shown by the breaks on 
the line, may be predicted with certainty. 
The absence of the fate line denotes a self 
made life. 

The line of brilliancy, Sun, or Apollo, may 
commence at the line of life, the Plain of 
Mars, or the Mount of the Moon. Its pres- 
ence points to glory, distinction, celebrity, 
art, wealth, merit or success in life. It is 
best when found neat and straig-ht, ending- 
upon the Mount of Apollo in a single line or 
three branches. With the Mounts of Mercury 



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and Jupiter well developed, this line is regard- 
ed as a certain indication of wealth, and such 
a person will become celebrated by his for- 
tune, dignity and merit, not less than by his 
talents or scientific capacities. Cross lines on 
the Mount of the Sun indicate obstacles which 
stand in the way of success. If the lines form 
stars on the mount, this shows good fortune 
from the favors of friends, or from the help of 
others. 

The line of wealth may commence from the 
line of life, the line of destiny, or the Mount 
of the Moon. It should normally end on the 
Mount of Mercury. When this line begins at 
the line of life, it indicates the child would 
earn his own living. At the date at which 
this line crosses the destiny line will show 
when he started for himself; but if the 
line start from the Mount of the Moon, or the 
center of palm, he will be assisted financially 
by others. Wherever the line breaks will 
show a change in finance. If it should grow 
stronger, as it ascends from the break, the 
change would be counted a good one; if weak- 
er, a poor one. Look opposite on the destiny 
line for the scale of dates, as this line 



122 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

governs dates on the sun and wealth lines. 

MARRIAGE UNES. 

In the olden days, wives were bought and 
sold like any other piece of merchandise; 
therefore, it became the custom among- palm- 
isters to foretell marriage from the Mount of 
Mercury; the horizontal lines meaning- mar- 
riage — for instance, two lines, two marriages 
— the perpendicular lines indicating children. 
I have found these lines very satisfactory in 
my practice. 

In studying these lines, always consult the 
right hand. To get the dates correct, first 
examine the life line, and, after determining 
the age the person will live to, apply in this 
manner: if the person will live to eighty, call 
the space from the heart line to the root of 
little finger eighty years, now divide up the 
space, and count the line nearest the root of 
the little finger the first date. In this 
manner, one can predict with almost certainty 
the date. These lines do not always in- 
dicate a marriage. Nature knows no man 
made ceremony, she simply chronicles the 
mating dates, when one is more inclined; 



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toward the marriage or mating- state. Quite 
often these lines appear when one is already 
married. If there is harmony existing- be- 
tween them, this condition will only intensify 
the harmony, but if there be inharmony, then 
look out for a separation. This has been my 
experience. Right here comes in the value of 
the Signs of the Zodiac in advising people in 
selecting partners who will be suitable to their 
temperament, or in explaining how to get 
along better with the one they have. The 
children that will live will show strong, well 
developed perpendicular lines; the weak lines 
are not liable to live, except in cases where 
the Sun is a ruling planet. I have then found 
weak lines have developed into strong child- 
ren. Crosses on branches of heart line show 
brilliant marriages. 



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CHAPTER XXVIII. 

The Variant Lines. 

The chance lines, or the variants, which 
are of the most importance are given in our 
charts. In -judging of these lines, and 
of all the variations and changes in the prin- 
ciple lines, the student must exercise his own 
good sense, as the variations themselves all 
take place according to law. The lines are 
seldom found alike in any two persons. Be- 
cause Apollo represents fortune, and Venus, 
love, therefore we infer that a chance line 
from Venus to Apollo indicates a fortunate 
marriage, as marked in the chart. We simply 
combine the influence of the two mounts, or 
the two parts which the line may connect, 
and draw our inference as to what the combi- 
nation will produce. Thus, as Mount Mars is. 
strength for contest, and Venus, for love, we 
infer that two parallel lines from Venus to 
Mars indicate a strife between two love affairs 
which are carried on at the same time. 



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On the Mount of Venus, we may find long-, 
curved lines, which appear to run parallel to 
the line of life. These minor life lines are 
thought to indicate the number of friends, or 
intimate associates, who have more or less 
deeply influenced our course of life. If these 
parallel lines touch the line of life, they 
would indicate a true friendship, or one to be 
relied upon in an emergency. Lines which 
cut across these indicate disturbed relations. 

A single line on Mount Mercury indicates 
modesty and moderation, and, in many in- 
stances, a strange and unexpected stroke of 
good fortune. 

Horizontal lines cutting the Mount of Mars 
and the Moon, beginning under the heart 
line, indicate travels by land; perpendicular 
lines, travels by water. The shorter the 
line, the shorter the journey. 

If, at the quadrangle, the lines of heart and 
head are widely separated, generosity of feel- 
ings and a liberal giver; but if the line of the 
heart descends to the head line, it denotes 
egotism and selfishness. If the head line and 
heart line unite under the first finger, it is the 
sign of great danger threatening life; if in 



126 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

both hands, it presages a sudden and violent 
death. This is not true unless the life line 
also breaks, and where it breaks will give you 
the date of death. Always be careful in pre- 
dicting- death, as some people receive sugges- 
tions of such a character in a detrimental 
manner. I have had to correct many mistakes 
made by amateur palmists, who had come to a 
conclusion at once on some such a point, with- 
out weighing the evidence against it. All 
palmists should understand the power of sug- 
gestion, as we can do a great deal of good by 
giving the right suggestion, and the opposite 
is also true. 

In locating dates on heart or head line, pro- 
ceed the same as with marriage line, taking 
length of life line as your gauge. If the life 
line measures seventy-five, then the head or 
heart line will be counted the same. 

A straight line from the Moon to Mercury 
indicates good fortune; a curved line from the 
Moon to Mercury shows occult powers and 
capacity for visions and presentiments. The 
occult tendencies, in the line of research, are 
shown by parallel lines on the middle phal- 
ange of the fourth finger. 



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Lines which start from the line of life and 
run up toward Jupiter or Saturn indicate self 
help, or efforts put forward to better our con- 
dition mentally or physically. 

The bracelets, or horizontal lines at the 
wrist, are each regarded as indicating" thirty 
years of life. They are thus echoes of the 
life line. 



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CHAPTER XXIX. 
Crosses, Stars and Triangles. 

Each of these have meanings, according- to 
their position. A star on Mount Jupiter 
means that we shall gain our love or our am- 
bition. Two stars on Pisces (the third phal- 
ange of the second finger) means a shameful 
death. A star on the heart line means the 
death of some near relative; on middle of 
thumb, in a woman, foretells riches and for- 
tune through marriage. On Mount Saturn, a 
star generally indicates a bad fatality. We 
must take care, and not mistake a cross for a 
star. 

A cross on Mount Jupiter points to a happy 
marriage; in the quadrangle, it is called the 
mystic cross, and shows that the person is in- 
clined to mysticism and religion. If this 
cross is joined to the line of destiny, it fore- 
tells a good fortune arising from religion or 
from the use of occult powers. 

In all true and natural symbolism, the cross, 



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i. V \ Wf The Crois.— Polar forces united; a 
• ^ ^C change; on branch of Heart 

\ C. line, Mairrag-e. 

«)£» pp£ ^JL The Star. — On Jupiter or Apollo. 
Distinction ; a certain or fatal 
event. 






0,0 > 



The Square. — A plan of action or 
of life: protection: strength. 

The Triangle. — Aptitude for 

^ *■*■ science: diplomacy: exactness. 




The Circle.— On Apollo, glory: on 
a line, an injury. 

The Island. — Weakness: disease: a. 
turning aside: division. 



The Grille. — Obstacles: faults: con- 
fusion: excesses. 

The Spot. — Black or blue, a dis- 
ease: red, a wound: white some 
good. 

Chained Line. — Obstacles, irregu- 
larities. 

Broken Line. — Interruptions: ill- 
ness. 

Tasseled Lines. — Feebleness: waste.- 

Sister Lines. — Increased power. 



PLATE No. 12. CHART MARKS. 

Samples of each hierograph, with their general meanings. 



430 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

-signifies construction, the sex forces and life 
principles. The ancient Romans did an infer- 
nal thing when they used the cross for pun- 
ishment in crucifixion, but their evil perver- 
sion of this symbol did not change the law 
and truth of nature, and we must accept na- 
ture's meaning in the study of palmistry. 
The cross is not a sign of evil, but it does in- 
dicate the changes which come from the union 
of two forces. Of these changes, marriage is 
the greatest. 

The grille consists of a number of lines 
crossing each other, like the utensil from 
which it is named. It is generally an indica- 
tion of obstacles, or of faults which belong to 
the mount on which it is found. 

The triangle always denotes an aptitude 
for science. It may be formed neatly by it- 
self, or made by the chance coincidence 
of three lines. On Mount Jupiter, the trian- 
gle shows diplomatic ability; on Apollo, it 
indicates science applied to art; on Mercury, 
talent in politics; on Mars, it shows science 
in war; on Venus, calculation and interest in 
love matters, and on Saturn, science in agri- 
cultural and horticultural lines of work. 



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The square is an index of power and energy 
in those qualities which are proper to the 
mount or line on which they are found. The 
square represents good sense, organization, 
plans of action and means of protection. It 
may either be a neat figure by itself, or it may 
be formed by the crossing- of principle or cross 
lines. If it encloses a bad sign, it protects, 
the person from the evil effects which would 
otherwise be indicated. They are certainly a 
symbol of plans, though the palmists have 
not noted this fact, and we may judge what 
was the nature of the plan by the mount on 
which it is found. A square in the quadran- 
gle indicates a reformer. 

An island may mean one of three things: 
either it betrays some hereditary evil; or it 
means an interruption, an obstacle; or it is a 
sign of something disgraceful. For instance, 
an island on the head line shows a hereditary 
weakness of the head; if it is on the heart 
line, it reveals hereditary heart disease. In a 
bad hand, this might signify an illicit love. 
On the upper part of the line of life, an island 
indicates some mystery connected with the? 
person's birth, or poor health in early life. 



132 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

From a star on Mount Venus, a line which 
crosses over to the head line shows a deep dis- 
appointment in love. A line from Venus 
across to Mercury, and which makes a trian- 
gle where it crosses the line of life, tells of a 
divorce. Parallel lines from Venus to Mars 
betray two love affairs carried on at the same 
time* A line from Venus which cuts the line 
of destiny means conjugal misery or misfor- 
tunes which come through a woman (or man). 
From the line of the heart, a line turned down 
to the line of the head, with a ray across it, 
indicates a miserable marriage, or deep griefs 
of the heart. Bars across the heart line 
show disappointments in love. A spot shows 
the loss of a loved one. A line from Mount 
Venus, which crosses over to Mount Apollo, 
shows a brilliant or fortunate chance of mar- 
riage, or great social success through the in- 
fluence of friends. 

Lines which cut across the line of life on 
Mount Terra indicate worry and trouble in 
early life. Conjugal unhappiness is shown 
by short angular lines running from the heart 
line to the head line. Wherever they cease 
to cut the heart line, the unhappiness will 



Relations to Asttology and Phrenology 133 

cease. The true divorce line should cut across 
the life, head and heart lines, and end on 
Mercury, cutting- into the line of marriage 
that would be broken by the divorce, and form 
a triangle on the life line, 

A line of destiny which arises from the 
Mount of the Moon, passes up to the heart 
line and mixes with it, and then goes on up to 
the Mount of Jupiter, infallibly indicates a 
rich and fortunate marriage. With spatulate 
hands, a person is apt to be constant in love. 
Apollo's subjects are frequently unfortunate 
in marriag-e, because they have too high an 
ideal. Mars' subjects often marry late in life, 
and with women of the Venus type. 

A spot is thought to always denote a mal- 
ady. If placed upon a line, it is the scar of a 
wound: thus, on the head line, it would mean 
a blow on the head. A white spot is, how- 
ever, a harmless one. 

Past and present signs: — We may distin- 
guish between these in this way; a sign which 
is still visible, and yet seems to be more or 
less effaced, belongs to a past event. A sign 
which is clear and well colored is that of a 
present circumstance. And a line which 



134 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

seems only just visible, betraying- itself just 
beneath the surface of the skin, is that of 
something- to occur in the future. 

There is considerable discussion among 
palmists as to which hand to read. I can only 
give you my experience, which has been this 
way: the left hand will show you the condi- 
tions of the child, the rig-ht will show what 
the person has become. You will notice a 
great difference between the two hands; but 
the rig-ht can be depended on to give the cor- 
rect results of the past, present and future. 
But bear in mind, both hands should be stud- 
ied before passing- on an important event. 
The left hand will show hereditary conditions, 
the right will show if you have overcome 
them. Remember always, we have the power 
to change our life, if we so will. Blind forces 
can rule us only when we are in the dark. 
Let us be wise. Remember always the old 
adage: "The wise man rules his stars, the- 
fool is ruled by them. " 



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CHAPTER XXX. 

Palmistry, and Its Relations to the Signs 
of the Zodiac. 

Modern palmistry owes its growth chiefly 
to the work of Capt. DeArpentigny and 
Adrien Desbarrolles. The first published his 
Cheirognomy in 1843; and the latter his Mys- 
teries of the Hand, in 1859. The most elabo- 
rate works hitherto published in English are 
the Manual of Cheirosophy, by Ed. Heron Al- 
len, and Language of the Hand, by Cheiro. The 
great deficiency in all of these works is in 
the lack of complete engravings, and also in 
the lack of a thorough knowledge of physiol- 
ogy, astrology and phrenology on the part of 
these authors. From this latter cause, they 
made many mistakes in giving meanings. 

THE SIGNS OF THE HAND. 

We have sought to avoid these in the pres- 
ent work, and make all its deductions in har- 
mony with those of the physical structure 



136 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

which govern alike the limbs and hands of all 
animals. We have diligently studied all these 
before drawing our final conclusions. The 
chart of the hand exhibits the general rela- 
tions of each part to the planets, and to the 
months of the year. As the twelve signs of 
the Zodiac, so each phalange of the fingers is 
under the influence of its own months. I 
have found this to be true, and by the follow- 
ing method can tell the month a person is 
born in seven times out of ten: 

The first phalange of the first finger is seen 
to be thus under the influence of Aries and 
the month of April. 

The second phalange, of Taurus and the 
month of May. 

The third, of Gemini and the month of 
June. 

First phalange of second finger, Capricorn, 
month of January. 

The second, Aquarius, month of February. 

The third, Pisces, month of March. 

First phalange of the third finger, Cancer, 
month of July. 

Second, Leo, month of August. 

Third, Virgo, month of September. 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology 137 

First phalange of fourth finger, Libra, 
month of October. 

Second phalange, Scorpio, month of Nov- 
ember. 

Third, Sagittarius, month of December. 

In looking over the different works on the 
Signs of the Zodiac, you will at once see how 
intimately related are palmistry and astrology. 
Now to illustrate: 

People born in the sign Aries are quick 
and keen to perceive, and are noted for their 
good sense. 

People born in Taurus are slow in motion, 
and slow to gain knowledge, as they have not a 
keen perception; they have to study hard for 
what they get. 

Those born in Gemini are noted for their 
continuous search after wisdom and culture. 

The Capricorn people are noted for their 
persistent efforts, and for their dignified and 
sober life. 

The Aquarius people are noted for their 
business ability, especially their desire for 
possessions. 

Those born in Pisces are noted for their 
desire to be sociable and conservative qualities. 



138 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

The Cancer people are fond of the beautiful 
and artistic, and will always manage to dress 
well and in taste. 

Those born in Leo show adaptability for 
business, but as a rule are not very industri- 
ous. 

Virgo's people have a great deal of formal- 
ity, and are great planners. 

In Libra, the people are noted for their 
great inspiration and clairvoyant ability, and 
when well developed, are lovers of fair play 
and justice. 

Persons born in Scorpio are noted for their 
versatility and their love for education; a fine 
sign. 

The people in Sagittarius are, as a rule,, 
fine appearing, with good expression, and 
rather venturesome when performing a duty. 

Now, observe your two charts together,. 
(Nos. 1 and 6). We have three sets of phal- 
anges in the fingers, the material, reasoning 
and intuitive, four of each. Each set makes 
a polarity in the Zodiac; thus, Aries, Cancer, 
Capricorn, Libra. Now the set of phalanges 
which are the better developed will give you 
the polarity of months, and the one phalange 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology 139 

of the four which is the strongest developed 
will give the month. The signs are modified 
so much sometimes by planetary conditions 
as to change this rule. My percentage of 
success in telling the right month has been 
about seven times in ten; in getting the right 
polarity, nine times out of ten. This has no 
especial value, only in proving the influence 
of astrology in building the hand and brain. 

The Signs of the Zodiac have also their 
polarity in the brain. Study Chart No, 13, 
and note that in one born in June, or Gemini, 
the faculties of culture, music, wealth and 
art, would be the more highly developed; but 
Gemini must always borrow its art from 
Pisces, and Pisces will borrow its culture from 
Gemini. And so of all the others; that is, 
art will always be strongest in Pisces, and cul- 
ture in Gemini. 

The hand has also its relations to the geo- 
graphy of the earth. Thus, the top of the 
hand and the fingers are related to the north; 
the base of the hand, south; the thumb side, 
to the east, and the percussion side, to the 
west. The Southern people and races have 
been ruled by their feelings; the Northern 



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PLATE No. 13. 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology 141 

races have worked out the most details of sci- 
ence and industry, things dependent upon the 
fingers. 

We may consider the base of the hand fe- 
male, while the top of the hand is male. The 
faculties of love and emotion are stronger in 
the female, while intelligence and knowledge 
are male attributes; therefore, if a man's hand 
be stronger at the base, the female attributes, 
will predominate, and vice versa. Also, one 
is considered to be more fortunate in life if he 
follows the development of the hand in locat- 
ing: thus, if the southern part is the strong- 
est, go south, etc. 

The professions or work, which people will 
be apt to choose, and that for which they are 
fitted by nature, may be judged by the types 
of the hand, and the development of its 
mounts. 

The farmer should have a mixture of the 
spatulate and square type of hand, with a 
good Mount of the Moon, and a strong line of 
life. 

The horticulturist will have a high Mount 
of Venus and of the Moon, with long spatulate 
fingers to give them activity and capacity fop 



&42 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

details. Venus gives the love of flowers and 
^plants. 

An architect will show a good Mount of 
Jupiter, a strong- line of Apollo and hard 
hands of the square type, with broad fing-ers. 

A sculptor will be marked with a thick hard 
hand, in which are high Mounts of Mars, 
Venus and the Moon, with square or broad 
fing-ers. 

The painter, of course, would have the art- 
istic, or conical hand, but he may also have 
the mixed type of fing-ers, with larg-e Mounts 
of Venus and Apollo. 

The astronomer has well developed Mounts 
of the Moon, Mercury and Saturn. With 
these, he requires the long- knotty fing-ers, to 
be attracted to the necessary work of math- 
ematical calculation. 

The physician will show us a square hand 
with rays upon the Mount of Mercury, and a 
-clear line of Apollo. If a surg-eon, he should 
have a hard hand and spatulate fing-ers, and 
a larg-e Mount of Mars. 

Musicians whose work is instrumental will 
^play best if they have spatulate fing-ers, with 
a high Mount of Saturn, short nails, well de- 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology 143 

veloped back of thumb, full joints, a promi- 
nent Mount of Venus and of the Moon, and a 
good line of Apollo. 

For vocal music, the person may have small 
fingers, with mixed types, and a good Mount 
of Venus. 

The actor will display square or spatulate 
fingers, with the third one long. The Mount 
of Venus will be well developed, and the head 
line forked at the end. The heart line turns 
upward toward the Mount of Mercury, which 
is well developed, and often is found connect- 
ing Mars and Apollo. 

Rulers and statesmen should have the 
square type of hand, with a large Mount of 
Jupiter, with logical joints; they will have a 
love of progress, wisdom and justice, united 
to a love of order and stability. 

Commercial men and merchants have rather 
soft hands, the fingers thick and smooth, the 
thumb large and conic, and the hand seeming 
to close easier than it opens. 

To the mixed type of hands belongs the 
talent for dealing best with people, as mer- 
chants and administrators of justice. 

The gambler or speculator will show a long 



144 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

slender hand, with the three first fingers on 
the hand nearly of the same length, with a 
small Mount of Jupiter and Saturn. 

A PROPER IMPRESS OF THE HAND. 

To successfuly take impression of the hand 
use a small piece of gum camphor, place in 
dish, and light with match; this makes a very 
black smoke. Pass a sheet of unruled paper 
over smoke until well blacked, — or you can 
use a lamp. Lay paper on table, and firmly 
press the hand down on smoked surface, with 
the fingers slightly apart. Pass a pencil 
around the entire hand; be careful to get a 
perfect outline of each finger and thumb. 
Remove the hand, then pour alcohol over the 
impression, as a fixitive, let it evaporate. In 
this way, secure a good impression of both 
hands. 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology 14&- 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
Physiognomy. 

I would also encourage the student to take 
up the study of Physiognomy, which you 
will find of value to you in a thousand ways. 
I will give a few points only in this work. 

A person with thick lips is warm hearted, 
has a strong love nature, is fond of kissing, 
and, as a rule, lacks in firmness. Thin lips 
show the opposite qualities, with a tendency 
to fault finding and scolding. The lips are 
ruled by Venus, and show the higher sex cen- 
ter in the body. 

The nose is ruled by Mars, and will corres- 
pond with the thumb, as a rule. A large, 
well developed nose shows great will power; 
a small, flat nose, inferior will power. A 
nose with a scooped out appearance in the 
center will show a timid, childish nature, but 
when the center rises, mountain shape, you 
have an aggressive, stubborn, determined 
character to deal with. 



146 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

The eye, if round or nearly so, shows a 
pure, unselfish, spiritual nature, but if long 
and narrow, giving- a sleepy appearance, self- 
ishness or sensuality will predominate. Com- 
pare the bird and cat. 

The long, narrow forehead shows greater 
mental concentration, but little originality; 
the broad, high forehead, imitation and origin- 
ality, and intuition strong; but if the fore- 
head be low and also slanting, a lack of orig- 
inality and intuition. 

A large, wide ear shows greater genius than 
-a small, narrow ear. The large ear also 
shows generosity; the small ear, stinginess. 

A strong, wide chin shows stability, firm- 
ness and great heart action. In the motive 
temperament this chin predominates. The 
small, slanting chin shows a lack of stability 
and poor heart action. 

The skin on the face should be studied the 
same as the skin of the hand. 

Every thought passing in the mind is de- 
picted on the countenance. Try as hard as 
jou will to repress this effect, the skilled 
faceologist can read you. Oh, for the day 
when we will all be skilled in the science of 



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van. 




PLATE No. 14. 



148 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

character reading-. It is the means to the end 
of banishing- deceit, hypocrisy, lying, and a 
thousand other evils from the world; for alt 
men desire to be thought well of f and when 
they learn this science, they will see it is the 
thoughts they think that build beautiful 
or ugly faces. Think beautiful thoughts and 
you can have a beautiful face. Think evil 
thoughts, and you will spoil the most finely 
chiseled countenance the Creator ever formed. 



Relations to Astrology and Phrenology 149 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Conclusion. 

Now, dear reader, this will complete the 
Science of Palmistry, which you will find, if 
thoroughly learned, will be all you require to 
become a firstclass character reader. The 
fortune telling part of this science I purposely 
leave out in all its multitude of detail, giving 
only the main points which can be easily 
learned and understood. 

We are coming to recognize more and more 
that we are the makers and rulers of our own 
destinies, and the palmist who can tell us how to 
build up our own self confidence and teach us 
to stand alone is of far more value than he 
who predicts a fortune left by some dead 
friend, — which we should scorn to accept, and 
we truly would scorn to accept it, if we could 
once realize the beauty of sturdy manhood 
and womanhood. Let us learn to be gods, in 
very truth, and spurn all props that would 
sustain us in our faltering weakness, and with 



160 The Science of Palmistry and Its 

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battle of life, to stand or fall on our own 
merits. 

Oh, the glory of walking apart, 
One with God in the infinite march, 
Without props, and with none to atone, 
Dependent on self worth alone. 



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